The Aloe Vera Grows Ragged
Break the barbed plant to heal a burn.
The aloe vera grows ragged but
is not wild.
Plants are half-asleep.
Sleep is what breaks time into sentences,
drowsiness is how sleep reaches for us.
Sleep is a many-tentacled thing.
Everything is a many-tentacled thing.
"Sleep is what breaks time into sentences"--I esp. like that, but even more, the surprising (shocking?), yet prepared-for last line. I try to embrace its idea, and I like the way you got there.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely makes me think about my poor aloe plants struggling to make it through the unusually cold winter (for Texas, that is).
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