When they are mostly dead, your friends bring them to you. Veined and spotted open-mouthed soldiers standing bloodless on the counter. Nothing rivers through the stems. They cannot even slouch. You replant them, tuck their roots, add bark and moss, cut stems, mend the wounds with cinnamon. Early mornings, when the sun spills across the […]
Alexandra Umlas
Alexandra Umlas, MFA, has been published in Rattle, Cultural Weekly, Foothill, and elsewhere. You can contact her at www.alexandraumlas.com.