Some Scallions in a Plastic Cup

I have to sketch these scallions on this windowsill

before a stormwind comes & scatters them on the landing,

blows their plastic cradle down the stairwell,

& spills their scallion-scented water which will pool,

 

shrink, & evaporate without witness. I have to sketch

the faces of the middleweights slowly disappearing

from the cup’s cheap print & the Independence

Day of their Vegas fight before they wear away to white.…

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