Keep It Together

A spell for Ficus elastica

Photo by Lydia Mailloux on Unsplash

To build a bridge

To burn a bridge

To hold one thing

To another

To laugh instead of cry

To have your heart’s desire

This little leaf of latex and longing

This little leaf forever

Not much must be done to encourage the F. elastica to bind and build, it is a very energetic plant. It wants to envelope, enfold, and entangle. Harder, is to break its bonds once made. For its

Roots

do

bind

Do

Twist

And

Wrap

Do hold and do

eventually

strangle