I want to share this with you

because it does something to me. because I keep coming back to it, again and again. because do people share poems anymore? because it's important. 

a small needful fact

is that eric garner worked

for some time for parks and rec.

horticultural department, which means,

perhaps, that with his very large hands,

perhaps, in all likelihood,

he put gently into the earth

some plants which, most likely,

some of them, in all likelihood,

continue to grow, continue

to do what such plants do, like house

and feed small and necessary creatures,

like being pleasant to touch and smell,

like converting sunlight

into food, like making it easier

for us to breathe.

ross gay

God bless you, ross gay.