OBITUARY OF A VARIEGATED PEPEROMIA

I killed a plant today
after having displaced it from the nursery
it had sat on my table waiting probably
for this day it will

droop all its four fleshy leaves
and die
holding up only a signboard
telling me
doing nothing
kills.
that doing nothing is mindless
and it died not because

i wrung its neck out of the
soil but I just did nothing.
i look up at the dead plant
one last time and can think of
many other things nothing can be-

just sitting down
staring hard at the ceiling but not really
seeing the ceiling
lying in bed thinking you are asleep
not having a plan
not caring to have a plan
thinking nothing
saying nothing
doing nothing can be many things. like
forgetting to answer when someone asks
what's up

nothing.
anyway,
it is gone now
and I did nothing at all.