Mimbulus Mimbletonia

Some plants stretch
Flat arms flung wide
Waxy skin stealing light
Veined palms throwing shade
On the shorter of us

Some plants curl
Spindly wrists slumping
Cool tendrils coiling earth
Knit roots taking soil
From the smaller of us

Some plants snarl
Barbed elbows tangled
Tined joints flexing air
Mad angles jostling breath
From the gentler of us

Soil, sun, space
I'll take whatever you give me
I don't need much