tea and this dreary sky
leave me remembering
contemplating
it seems this quiet old house is
shushing me
there is an empty little house
just hours from here
and inside her walls is the plant that we could not fit into our car
in need of a little light and barely a drop of water
we will rescue her soon, yes we will
i am thinking she is much like me now
recently cut back to the last bits of green
the bits that have stayed the winter
she is smaller, less pretty, odd-looking really
but hardy for sure
this is her before her terrible pruning
her tops stretched out so dry and brittle
fragile and dead
in need of a good trim and perhaps a larger pot
filled with new earth to nourish her
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