From the Naturally Occurring Objects Series:
Three solid cast components fabricated into one succulent whole.
For instance:
Take a succulent in sandy soil
shedding vert paddles from a full body,
dropping broken to earth
sections thought to be feckless and wasted,
tarnished and trite.
Likewise:
Break me down.
Divide me into portions.
Cast me out into the wind and dust
hoping I will not know roots again.
And so:
I’ll always rise up, in mightier numbers than before.
These things grow wider, the spirit tidier.
Stand and wait with fresh eyes
for something succulent this way comes.
For instance:
Take a succulent in sandy soil
shedding vert paddles from a full body,
dropping broken to earth
sections thought to be feckless and wasted,
tarnished and trite.
Likewise:
Break me down.
Divide me into portions.
Cast me out into the wind and dust
hoping I will not know roots again.
And so:
I’ll always rise up, in mightier numbers than before.
These things grow wider, the spirit tidier.
Stand and wait with fresh eyes
for something succulent this way comes.