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2011-11-14T07:01:57-08:00November 14th, 2011|Nature|

Aloe plant

The dead aloe plant
next to my desk
gets smaller and more contorted
every week
like the limp hand
of a body submerged
and every day
I feel ashamed
not for letting it die
but for letting its death
remain on show
like a dirty plate
as though it was never
alive
at all.

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