"THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE"

We go thru life
    sometimes
not knowing (or caring)
    what
is on the other side of
    the fence...

Shakespeare never
   thought of that
or there would have
     likely been
a pithy saying...

What is always there--
    (there is always
        the OTHER side)
might really be a good
    thing
for us if we'd just look...

Wake up
    and smell
         the tomatoes....

Today B.E. found a
     big red ripe
TOMATO on the other
    side
on the "volunteer" vine--
   an aloof and
independent plant, living
    and producing
alone.... in its own right...

A really nice big juicy
    ripe tomato ...found

Unknown and unseen
     all summer
long---gathering whatever
    water it could
and sunlight     whenever

Tell us   is there a moral
    or a lesson
or even a poem here?

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MIL
7 OCTOBER 18