out my window
a branch
that’s
leaves
one long &
brown & they’re
on a
tiny
scale
and bright see
through
drops
rain a-
dorns
them &
the thin
branches
that
lack
leaves
all of it
was green
all sailed
off
a tree
one day
in a storm
to dangle
on my
firescape
now for
months
and I have
a fire
escape
I have
it
the beautiful
plant
that does
not grow
but drips
***
Photograph of Eileen Myles by Shae Detarjpg.
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