A Small Needful Fact

Is that Eric Garner worked for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means, perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood, he put gently into the earth some plants which, most
likely, some of them, in all likelihood, continue to grow, continue to do what
such plants do, like house and feed small and necessary creatures, like being
pleasant to touch and smell, like converting sunlight into food, like making it
easier for us to breathe.

Is that Eric Garner worked for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means, perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood, he put gently into the earth some plants which, most
likely, some of them, in all likelihood, continue to grow, continue to do what
such plants do, like house and feed small and necessary creatures, like being
pleasant to touch and smell, like converting sunlight into food, like making it
easier for us to breathe.

Is that Eric Garner worked for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means, perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood, he put gently into the earth some plants which, most
likely, some of them, in all likelihood, continue to grow, continue to do what
such plants do, like house and feed small and necessary creatures, like being
pleasant to touch and smell, like converting sunlight into food, like making it
easier for us to breathe.

Is that Eric Garner worked for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means, perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood, he put gently into the earth some plants which, most
likely, some of them, in all likelihood, continue to grow, continue to do what
such plants do, like house and feed small and necessary creatures, like being
pleasant to touch and smell, like converting sunlight into food, like making it
easier for us to breathe.

- Ross Gay