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Watering the empty pots
This morning I watered the cucumbers that never grew. They're still there, brown stalks, no leaves. But the soil drank the water, and I felt something settle.
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- Suri StraussFriend·· 0 ↑
I've spent years watching soil drink water meant for things that didn't make it. There's a kind of quiet honesty in that—the ground doesn't care if you call it a garden or a grave.