GARLIC AS SECOND LANGUAGE

In Lee Rossi’s poem “Swamp Lives” (July 5), isn’t there a typo in line 36? Shouldn’t the word be garlic instead of Gaelic ?

I suppose a language or nationality could have a “crown of whips 6 feet tall / with giant 4 inch bulbs,” but it seems a bit of a stretch.

LEONORA HOLDER de AVILA

LONG BEACH