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four-foot root
reaching from this hanging pot
looking for a home

Another foot, and this questing member will reach the floor. Then what? This plant, which has died twice, is 20 years old.

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hyacinth
cannot hold up its head
unnatural selection

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sun shines on the south window
the tropical plants long for home
and to escape their pots
the refugee lizard
longs for summer

as do I
trapped in a crippled body
that is always cold