Friday, April 04, 2008

This Is Not An Allegory

Two of my geraniums sit very near each other on the windowsill. Over the winter, when they had to strain toward the sunshine because the light was so weak and the day was so short, their stalks and stems began to intertwine as both leaned toward the window pane. They were both very hungry. Now they are so tangled together that I could never separate them without doing significant damage to one or the other. They support each other; they depend on each other. And I know it's childish to go anthropomorphizing all over the place, but I like to think that they are in love (like those trees that show up in in bad romance movies...I know this is not a new phenomenon or an original take on it, I've just never had the occasion to host such an occurrence in my very own kitchen before, and I think it's kind of nice).

This is actually an observation I've been holding onto for a while but I haven't had time to write it down because I'm always busy with Things and Life and such, plus it's (kissmenow)spring, so, honestly, what do you expect?