Variety Pack: Issue V

27 EUCALYPTUS

by Kate Miano To wind up in my shower the eucalyptus was ripped from its branch, sold to the distributor who brought it to the downtown farmer’s market to hawk to hipsters looking for the next trend To wind up in my shower, this eucalyptus stem left itself. pulled apart by force and resealing itself it never showed its blood and the tree kept growing like no disruption was enough to make it afraid of life. to wind up in my shower with a fresh bud growing, the eucalyptus had to first think itself dead.