Like . ya know . . what the hell’s
with you anyway? Right?
came out of nowhere
With me
Yeah. All your pets have lame
names.
Excuse me
Yeah Fatty . .
. . He was fat as a pup
Leftie . . because her left
forepaw is white her other feet black . clever.
I wasnt being clever her sister
looks exactly like her . .
.
. Anya name her Shy . .
.
. She was shy as a kitten
Yet . anyet you have elaborate exotic names for your plants.
I spose I do
Don’t suppose you doHell . . you
just said and I’ll be damned if I can remember.
Which one . .
.
. All of them. he glared
Theres only four
Again.
Their names
Names . . fuck if I’d call them
names.
I read
I read.
You do
Their names, the white sage?
Ayo Yoruba African for joy I planted her
when she wasnt eight inches tall I wanted her to flourish anas you can see she
has
She gives me joy
Where’d that come from?
From Nnedi Okorafor her book Who
Fears Death
Awright. The others.
Beside ayo is the English walnut a seedling I transplanted eye idi eagle her book The Book of Phoenix
This whatever her name is
impressed you . .
.
. Nnedi Okorafor Yes
The others?
The two
Two are others.
Others strike me as more he
was getting a little hot under the collar two is
a couple
What are the
plants names I told you
In one ear and out the other
Hey. I've said.
As long as you remember. I don’t converse with them like you do.
Ignorant The blue spruce three
times an indoor Christmas tree he also transplanted Thas okchakko iti Choctaw Blue tree My girlfriends Choctaw
an Sicilian
The wisteria beginning to
climb the fence I grew from a seed thas awe for reason I wont bore you with because you wont remember in other
minutes
Other minutes?
Clever.
Not really Irritated
Over by the
rosemary beside eye iti English walnut . .
. . Yes, I can remember English
walnut . .
.
. An nearly six six
Theres
another seedling coming up its second year no idea just yet what it is though it also appears to be a tree seedling Im thinking jaaneman Indian Urdu Soul of me My love Darling
Likely the last seedling Ill see
grow to seveneight feet
Youll excuse me Five
Five?
I said four
If jaaneman thad be three but three aint others either
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