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from the pot

the root snakes

across the porch 

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the Monstera's penile root
penetrates the soil
of a nearby pot
engenders new life
that shatters
the vessel of its birth
and pokes monstrous fruit
up into the air

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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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monstrous
new leaf
a world opens
the next
abides

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The Success


A lyre, banished to summer, still smoking with sublimating ice, caught in the sun room by the monstrous glossy leaves and writhing tropical roots.

"Make a note of this," cried Doc, but all the paper had already been sent on to fall.