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Planting Palm Teee Seeds

Janet Kuypers

as a gift to a friend for his wedding
we’ve decided to plant trees everywhere

you know, to help the environment,
to give birth to trees
marking the birth of his wedding

and I ordered baby trees to plant
and I told my mom about this:

and I mentioned the palm tree seeds
that grow in huge pods near her house

and I know a palm tree
won’t grow from seed in this climate

but she was coming back
to this part of the country again
for her second round of chemo
for her leukemia that won’t go away

and she actually got palm tree seeds
from the ground
and collected them in a plastic bag for me

you know, just for effect

we know they won’t live
but it was the sweetest thing
that you got these for me, mom

I kind of want to drill a hole
through one of the seeds
and wear it as a charm
something more to keep from you

and now I’ve got this bag of palm tree seeds
in my office now

that I am to plant to signify life
and

and

life, you signify life, mom
this is going to become my spiritual
struggle to find life, mom

my planting these seeds you gave me
that we both knew wouldn’t grow
but I’ll plant them anyway



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