3 Word Story

of growing onions

 

and maybe garlic

 

but never tomatoes.

 

or red peppers

 

and very little

 

gophers and squirrels

 

steal the onions

 

and make nests

 

in the garlic

 

until Mama chased

 

them with a

 

long pitch fork

 

wearing her bathrobe

 

and golden slippers

 

a present from