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.
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.
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ReplyDeleteThe Poesis Literary Magazine seeks poetry for the 2018 first issue.
Poesis - http://poesis.unaux.com/ - is an independent, international, free-access literary journal. We are an online journal, exclusively. It’s like a desert where you can build your literary home. Because the acceptance rate for almost all literary journals is about 5%, we decide to open our house for quality work but without quantitative limitations. We are not interested in porn, racial slurs, excessive gore, or obscenity. We are dedicated to discovering and publishing the finest original poetry. We prefer expressive poems that give us a feeling and affect our soul. We accept texts that have already been published, but please specify where they were first published. We publish quarterly, and we accept submissions year-round. We attempt to respond to submissions within twelve weeks. Make sure to send us your work as soon as possible so that we have the chance to consider it for our first issue.
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