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 Herb's Garden?
By Joe Pivetti

If you're inhaling thymol from a leaftop garden are you working over thyme? If an old Sherlock Holmes movie's on your backyard tablet is it basil in the garden? Is helpful herb garden commentary really sage advice? Could a fiendish garden gnomette be rosemarie's daughter? When cookin' with ginger, do you get zingerone or a redheaded castaway? Could you get caraway'd while baking wry bread? Does any gardener really know who's cumin or who's goin'? Will there be sorrel in the morning after a loss in the garden? Did you host a spicy Indian dinner just to curry favor with your guests? When you wish to eschew a Portland botanical garden, is it oregano for you? When a sermon says all barkers have done wrong, is he speaking of cinnamon men? When a grower is weeding a pickly patch, is he the farmer in the dill? On Mother's Day, did you post a cardamom? In Gone With the Wind was tarragon the garden finale? If you make a perfect julep, is it in mint condition? Are fennel cakes those cone-shaped fried dough treats at the garden fair? If you are teasing me about my artisan hamburger buns, are you trying to sesame? If you allow suppliers only a single spice, are you holding them at bay? If you ate some yellow rice just before being picked off trying for second, were you saffron first? Might a paprika just be your dad's pointed way of suggesting the garden stew needs more spice? Do people who use citrus rind in their garden concoctions have a zest for life? When you ask Cory's gang over to garden, are they all coriander friends?