Hosta

Guacamole
Halcyon
Jack of Spades
and Jelly Bean
Flemish Master
Polish Prince
Fountain Glass
and Dancing Queen
Ruby Slippers
Rubber Ducky
Paradigm
and Woodland Blue
Cosmic Baby
Francis Williams …

their leaves
of infinite greens
on sultry summer days
the shady cabanas
for neighborhood cats
who sleep on warm mulch
beneath a magnificent lexicon
plants so enormous
they are the Guggenheim
of gardens
the Basilica of shade beds
they are feline hotels
charging nothing
for an afternoon delight