words catch me out
panting
curious
folding over and over
finding some way in
they bubble up slowly
til I am bursting
how many times must I look up SAXIFRAGE?
i can't imagine ever having done so and yet
here it comes
sifting through the layers
washing away in the shower
until it surfaces
i am awake after 1 am
still wrapped in my towel
with heavy books across my lap
the night kitchen whirs but offers no tea to soothe
saxifrage
any of numerous plants of the genus saxifraga,
of temperate regions, having small flowers and leaves
often forming a basal rosette
also known as "rock breaking herb" becuase it
grows in rock crevices
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