Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the Crassulaceae family. Its members are commonly called stonecrops. They are leaf succulents in that they have water storing leaves. The flowers have four and five petals and usually twice as many stamens ( male pollen producing organ of a flower) as petals. This sedum always flowers late but a close view shows how beautiful these little stars are. It was a gift more than fifty years ago.
The House I Grew Up In
The House I Grew Up in
had a hole
in the hall closet door
father's fist-size
with jagged edges
punched
at mother's eye level
unseeing relations hung
winter coats inside
innocents asked:
"what happened here"?
it was part of the decor
like the living room schefflera plant
and the wooden crucifix
above Patricia's bed
I covered it with a cardboard Santa
for the holidays, still
at night I heard its screams
years later, in my garden
I unearthed that hole
and filled it with the roots
of a sedum
Kathy Camacho (2017)
Copyright © kathy camacho | Year Posted 201
