lentils_of_the_moon
raze
up
on
elbows
in
your
hospital
bed
,
you
receive
a
gift
from
a
smiling
stranger
.
here
,
in
an
unlatched
takeout
container
,
are
lentils
of
the
moon
.
these
are
no
edible
seeds
you've
seen
before
but
a
bouquet
of
faceless
flowers
, bereft
of
bud
, bulb,
or
bract.
you
raise
a
mess
of
dirty
shoots
to
your
muzzle
and
turn
the
wind
you've
harnessed
against
itself
. scentless
and
steadfast
in
their
refusal
to
be
anything
but
wild
,
the
lunar
legumes
settle
in
their
styrofoam
home
,
silent
as
a
sieve.
you
close
your
eyes
and
count
the
slats
of
the
blinds
you've
drawn
.
one
for
every
impossible
thing
grown
out
of
the
galvanized
earth
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from