#pot bound

[succygirl]

It might be time to repot my E. colorata.

[sunlightthroughwater]

Rivals, you and I. vying for first prize. Yours is thin, inflexible, fine porcelain. Mine's terracotta, smells of earth after rain. Yours hardens quickly into permanence. I add water to mine, squeeze it tight to ease the meaning out. Yours fires white and decorous. It will be terribly useful for holding pencils. Mine is slang for vase. Yours is well-behaved enough to win. Mine will crack one day with the strain of wanting to say more than its form allows. Strange container, it can't contain itself.

~  Susan Richardson, "Pot Bound"