Amy Cuneo

Mulch Manifesto

I believe in labour

I believe in turning left

not right at the end of the street

and heading for the river

I believe in filling up wet, fragrant boxes of mulch

and driving them home to my garden

I believe in simmering the liquid of poached peaches

gorgeous as slick wine

until it is a syrup I can add to water

a syrup my children will breathe in