Lesson

Terra cotta pots
dot the sills. Velvet
petals cluster above
fleshy leaves. Watered
from below, she warns
that a single drop, just
the moisture from his
finger, could turn a leaf
brown. Beyond the cold
glass: mango, orange,
lemon. Palms arc.
Hibiscus weep.

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