I love reading Shen-nung's book
learning the names of plants
I buy them in bunches from herb collectors
then I transplant them and display their flowers
their mountain colors remain unchanged
as if they grew right here
I keep them moist with well water
and prop them up with stakes
I collect seeds at dusk from their shaded stalks
and flowers in summer from their sunlit branches
since I began finding pleasure in this
I walk through the courtyard day and night
and people have brought fewer cases
but my pursuit of leisure isn't office-related