Betsy Robin Schwartz

I almost was a rock star once,

but I've gone back to tending my own gardens.

I've gone back to the planting and pruning

keeping hearthstones warm and unsullied.

I've given in to youthful domesticity

given up fame's fancy fight

gone past the cynicism

gone to bed for a fresh start.

Everyday I hear a clean pop sound

past and present in our little garden

beyond the city way out in Wivenhoe.

When my hands are washed of soil

we still rehearse the band

(rehearse, not practice)

as wizened road warriors

parochial legends.

I might almost be a rock star again,

but who cares\(em

I've become quite a good gardener.