TREATISE ON IMMORTALITY
Karen brings home a tiny vine
in a paper cup
suggesting where it might be planted
in the garden. I'm not the young man
on the horse anymore, back stiff,
hair white, and skin allergic
to sun. A member of the pea
family, I do my research, cagy
like an old man. Karen
does hers too. Is it invasive?
Some grow to 20 feet.
It has such lovely leaves
she says, showing me the pot
where its stalk
might turn to wooden charm.
Jim Bodeen
10 May 2019
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