A Rental on Hubbard

My first house after college was a rental on Hubbard

in Concord, Mass — dingy white, two stories,

& green grass, something close to an acre.

Right there’s where I became a maker —

second son, retriever pups, morning glories —

at my first house, a rental on Hubbard.

We trenched a 3,000-square-foot garden

to grow organic food. Yes, we were hippies

on green grass, something close to an acre.

Carrots, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes. Sugar

snap peas we wolfed raw & green beans

& onions in the white house, a rental on Hubbard.

I bought a Hammond loom, became a weaver.

The children fattened on custard & cheese

& green grass, something close to an acre
in my first house after college, a rental on Hubbard.