#runcinate

[kafk-a]

leaf shapes

[stopwalk]

This plant, which looks like it is made of metal, used to be next to my never-used fireplace. (Pictured.) It has vanished. Was it really a plant, or was it a plant? What is it now doing? This is a locked-door mystery.

Image Description: a seemingly innocent-looking houseplant with runcinate silver leaves and red stems, surrounded by brass objects and an oil painting of birch trees

that’s right, I throw the word “runcinate” around in casual conversation, I am a poet