“Here’s the secret of life: be here now, love as if your whole life depended on it, find your life’s work, and try to get hold of a giant panda.” – Anne Lamott
Could a panda
eat bamboo here
in Accokeek?
Would the deer
leave if a Chinese
creature appeared?
Maybe the marvelous
bear would feel
right at home
in the back yard.
The mower came
from China too.
I can see him,
roly poly
on the dry hill,
black and white,
half hidden, in the
green paw paw trees.
For ten years
we’ve wanted a
goat or pig or dog.
I could adapt
to a giant panda.
For love.
