How plants let go of their leaves

A new short poem from E.B. Johnson.

Photo by Farzad Mohsenvand on Unsplash

when parts of a plant such as dead leaves, or fruit ripen
and detach, this process is called — a b c i s s i o n; 
a making of space to cut away the sores of tomorrow.

blind fruit; seedless; heedless in failure of redemption.

i too cut my losses when the fruits comes too heavy to 
bear; too heavy a price like the legs th…