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                                                                                                    채소 이야기 1

                                                                                                                                       정성은

 

 

                                                                       마음 넉넉한 이웃집 옥상 텃밭서

                                                                                   만난 녀석들

                                                                     상치 배추 씀바귀 갓나물 케일 더덕....

 

                                                                          한 달 전 속살 흙덩어리들이

                                                              한여름 쉼 없이 키 자랑하듯 솟아 오른 분수 마냥

                                                                              들쑥 달쑥 춤을 춘다

                                                              

                                                                           서로 밀어 내기라도 하듯

                                                                            빼꼼히 고개를 내밀다가

                                                                          옆으로 몸집을 불리는 녀석들...

                                                                   

                                                                           나는 가져간 봉지를 불리며

                                                                                   행복을 불린다

 

                                                                                녀석들을 가져와서

                                                                             신문비 바닥에 펼쳐놓고

                                                                             이거 한 웅큼은 동현이네

                                                                             이거 한 웅큼은 주혁이네

                                                                             이거 한 움큼은 세혁이네

                                                                     각자 다시 떠나보낼 또 다른 봉투에는

                                                                    우윳빛 더덕향과 함께 콧노래가 담겼다

 

                                                                           가족들이 둘러 앉은 저녁 식탁

                                                                         입안에 씹히는 알싸한 씀바귀 맛에

                                                                                 내 입꼬리가 올라간다

                                                                     아이들의 웃음도 입안 가득 상치와 함께

 

                                                                                      더덕 더덕!