Spice

In a corner of my garden

grows a patch of chives,

purple heads bowing low

in the morning sun.

 

Their long arms wispy

trying to tickle some

basil that grows near by.

 

Gentle and fragile

the chives look

though their fragrance

is slightly pungent.

 

They seem to be

flirting with the other herbs

adding a bit of spice

to my summer garden.

 

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I have a flower pot full of chives. And there's a wild patch of basil growing close to it. The chives are hanging over the pot, stretching towards the basil as if to embrace it.