four twenty & counting
there’s a hole in the earth
will you fill it
will you create
something beautiful out of it
what if you filled it with seeds
what would they be
regular or feminized or auto-flower
would you plant
birch & oak
maple & pine
palm & beech
—how many trees will it take
to fill the void
will you live out your days there
cultivating & dreaming
turning the hole into an oasis
yourself into a god
will you find that death
is impossible there
once deeply rooted
down in the hole
april two thousand twenty-two
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