 Starting as a seed in a vermilion galaxy i became a green sheath in a vegetable patch. As my tissues swelled with moisture and hairy tendrils emerged another part of me stretched upwards sepals embracing the Sun. Intoxicated with chlorophyll around my body a leafy necklace hung. It was effortless to blossom and soon a host of insects sucked, sniffed, poked, & nibbled my flesh. After my buds fell prostrate and belly swelled i became fallow. Then next spring the ground around me awakened and as vegetable sprouts lifted their heads i - resurrected from clods of dirt - gained new life and found rebirth. |
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