You couldn't save them. So you try to preserve them.

Someone deer to you had to leave in a hurry. There was a note on the kitchen table: take care of the cucumbers,you know how important they are to me. Fix the broken bench when you have time. I want to sit there when I get back.

Arriving on a sunny day. You plant. You water. You pickle. You keep busy.

The farm needs tending. There is always something that needs tending.

But the flesh keeps on growing where it shouldn't. And every morning, there is more of it.