needing

quiet i said
lettuce wash over me
soft perfect main veins
those delightful spine ridges
found in white cabbage and iceberg
stem artery
suspending

shush for me
eight pounds of grapes
think banana
seedless banana
holistic banana
cradle banana
now push back a bit
twenty or so friends
on their way
to apricottage
up the road from empapayre
just around the corn

hushing you
dramatic fragment of silence
your up got dropped
keys in a jar
falling through salt water
heavier after
more limber
less likely to change
not good for popsicle
an obstructed view
everything rusting
resting on the bottom
for a while
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