"plants are sensitive people" my mom says
to these two leaves
slightly ripped, brown
at the edges

she says it as white
as a nurses uniform, adding water
to the wastepaper basket;

"theyre in shock"

then picks it up; smoothes its leaves

gives it like alms
to the windowsill.
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