Poem on a Newborn Plant

Like the horn
breaking forth
from the brow
of a unincorn,
the new growth
shoot is just now
appearing on
the maimed stem
of the rubber
plant we bought
for sixty-nine
cents in Grants:

this is due
to several weeks
of intensive,
loving care;
a belief in
the essential
worth of what
we are doing; and
your green thumb.







Copyright (c) 2000 by Douglas Eichhorn        
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