In bloom
By Bennett Lacerte
Illustration by Ren Long
The golden pothos plant loves medium to low indirect light, so placing it near an eastern or
northern light source would be ideal.
place me on the crimson hexagon on the carpet in ms. wong’s
classroom, we wonder why slippery sticky geckos grasp onto
our tender skin, a tired bunny named marbles whom we love dearly
(but will pass away in three years’ time) sits under an eastern or
northern light source, i write at my desk about why my favorite
season is spring and ms. wong’s tender hands rest on my shoulder as
she tells me i spelled “rain” wrong ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ spring comes reins
fall pillows of incense smoke rise and form hovering letters that spell
out my unfolding future, i don’t know it yet but the smell of freshly-wet
cracked concrete and thick precipitation in the air refill my vase,
i can inhale exhale deeply again and at 7:45am i will wake up
amidst ferns flowering over my face and i will walk to ms. wong’s
warm class in this wet and lazy medium to low indirect light