Avoid us then

Daisies and other flowers in Vermont.

“Go ahead: say what you’re thinking. The garden
is not the real world. Machines
are the real world. Say frankly what any fool
could read in your face: it makes sense
to avoid us….’’

— From “Daisies,’’ by Nobel Prize-winning New England-based poet Louise Gluck (1943-2023). Here’s the whole poem.