Forget-Me-Nots

Forget-Me-Nots—
also called Scorpion Weed,
Mouse-Ear Scorpion Grass,
Snake Grass

I'll call and ask you
about the weather,
the cost of eggs,
library hours,
the train schedule,
and out for lunch

I'll meet you at a diner
We'll sit by the window
and watch a creek
dig a convoluted path,
score a contour line
through Mouse Ear Scorpion Grass

I'll pick a bouquet
and set the flower heads on the table

We'll talk

First you pick a blue flower
Then I pick a flower

Each petal
releases a story
Each story
begins the next story