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(SPRING 2021) a vine and a lamp post | Elizabeth Howlett

Updated: Jan 20, 2022

What is it about a vine coiling around a lamp post

That is so aesthetically pleasing?

They’re an unexpected pairing.


The vine,

full of life and bright green hues

Aspires to great heights.

The pole,

Strong and sound,

Stands grounded and firm.


Without the other,

The vine courses vexatiously along the sidewalk,

mindlessly tread upon beneath unpresuming feet.

And the lamp post is bare, rusty, and chipped,

Unnoticed to the passersby under its glow.


Together,

The post is ornamented and beguiling

And the vine is full and elevated.


But eventually,

The vine reaches past the heights of the pole

And tendrils wrap jealousy

Seeking reaches of the light,

It drowns it out.

And the pole

abandons the vine at that moment,

Leaving it unsupported,

Drooping,

Cascading back downward toward the earth,

uninspired.


I guess that's why we don’t talk anymore.


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