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so my mom kept a piece of the ivy
kept the plant growing,
she gave me clippings in a window sill pot
later mom cut more of the ivy for me
it turned into summer
and my ivy is looking quite healthy now
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I came to mom’s house
and mom’s ivy
so daily I have brought
my last-ditch effort
to try to save what was left
I check the bottom lip of the window sill pot
this morning I looked
and I don’t know if it’s completely dead
so I frantically worry
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The Death of my Ivy
Janet Kuypers, 09/07/06 #1
from my wedding bouquet,
planted it into a window sill pot
outside her house in Florida
really kept it thriving
and looking beautiful
and most of my ivy died
so I put what was still living
into another pot with other plants
put it into another pot for me
and once again, most of my ivy died
but some kept living
barely
so I put a little sprig of a spider plant there
and they stayed together and survived
and I placed my ivy outside in Chicago
I know my mother leaves her ivy outside,
but leaves it in the shade
but I hoped
that since the summer sun in Chicago is milder
than the summer sun in south west Florida
my ivy would be okay
outside in the Chicago summer sun
and I thought,
maybe there’s a chance for my ivy to survive
anywhere now
just after she died
and neighbors came by
to take care of her plants
pull all of the weeds,
try to make sure
everything kept looking good
she took from my wedding
well, you see, it was planted in a small window sill pot
and it wasn’t in the sun
you had to remember that it was there
and give it special attention
and when I walked by my mom’s wedding ivy
I saw that because no one thought to water it
most of it had turned brown
and died
a glass of water
to the window sill pot of dying ivy
of my mom’s wedding ivy
seems there’s till no water in there,
another day, time for another glass of water
brought a glass of water with me
for my mom’s dying wedding ivy
and it looked like
all of the leaves had turned brown now
I’m no plant doctor
and I don’t know if mom keeps any plant food
anywhere in her house
so I don’t know what else to do
so
coming much too late to help something live
and not knowing if there’s anything I can do
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