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time-lapsed
is the best way
to experience plants.

this day was unhurried
and layered:

exited and entered
from one book to another,
bought the old barn
tinted paint for her room—
the short thrill
of running in a storm—
takeout pizza
from john’s  
two films
about flawed characters
doing their best.

the younger one
is drafting a song
about insecurity and being a ghost
the older one,
tired on her bed
plucks chords
before sleep.

time-lapsed
is the best way
to experience plants,
because sped up
they look more alive,
curving and yearning
toward the sun.

but children?
best to slow
them down
to still frames
lest they
burn out
quickly
and flicker
like errant
flames
left out
in the wind.