Garlic Bulb Miracle

Written back in 2020 while I was on pandemic furlough … seems like a perfect post for today!


Dark kitchen corner,

a forgotten

bulb bursts

open. Single green

arm reaches out

and instantly air

like a rush of

electricity zips

down verdant

limb, a first breath

of vast unknown.

Rustle imperceptible

of former self, there is

no going back, only

brave burgeoning start.

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