A bowl of limes in Mexican pewter its lines drew me at the thrift store coarse engravings a primordial river and lighter than it looks . A lime tree does better in drought than in abundance deprivation at its sour heart although with so much juice it’s tempting to say sweetness of course it isn’t but is also not bitter the childlike green belies the nuance . It is a promise in a way to […]
[A dialogue of self and houseplants] I: I gave all the orchids away too intolerant of their constant demands Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium: We were victims of your inconsistency– a season of doting and then, the droughts I: I bought small cacti to replace them trading bristles and spines for fragile delicacy Escobaria vivipara: And yet you’ve only just noticed that our flowers are fake– dried crimson hot-glued in place for shame I: And the lovely jade […]
OPTIONAL POETRY 