The leaves of the squash plant,
roughly textured and prickly.
Arugula, wild and unruly,
her patterned leaves taste bitter.
Spinach seeds, — cold, frigid, wet and dark.
Lettuce, the radish seeds, tiny
and round. Cucumber,
cool like the moon, off white, . . .
a touch of green, and watery.
Lost and forgotten is the language of flowers.