Hollyhocks in my garden white shadows stay I don’t name them they don’t go away Carnations still breathing through cracks in the ground I don’t call it healing I just keep them around Am I illegal for what I grow Am I illegal for what I know They told me stand still be quiet, behave sit in the window like something to save I broke out the pot left dirt on the floor you don’t get to name me not anymore Am I illegal for what I grow Am I illegal for saying no My dead don’t leave me they walk in my day no grave, no marker they don’t go away You say move you don’t belong I stay quiet you stay wrong I grow wild I grow wild I grow wild
