unapologetic

a poem

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one marigold afternoon
we strapped on our masks
and drove to the plant nursery.

green, wood, and soil
the possibility of growth
enraptured me
as I ambled through the aisles.

when we arrived back home
I carefully clasped the snake plant
between my eager hands

chosen
for its unapologetic beauty
vertical trajectory and sharp tip

its natural shape
beautiful and formidable.

after, I tended to our new cactus
and spent the next few minutes
tweezing unforgiving needles
from my hand.

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