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Water Them
by: Jodi Vander Molen
10 p.m. quiet on the couch
look up at
the two plants near the window
hanging
from their
chains
yes, again i see that curl
they have needed care
a week
sometimes i reach up,
turn each pot by its base
so
each side
each leaf
sees a slip of sky
eyes know
with furrowed brow
and cringe
that
they are thirsty
but
limbs
weigh like
wood
too heavy
to lift
from the couch
it gets so hard
to water the flowers
these days
and yet
i think
we must
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