James Moore Poet Narrative

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I Love Plants

(“Feed Your Head Merit Badge”, 2011, original oil)

I love plants, 
Possibly simply because they are green,
But certainly because they breathe in
My CO2 exhaust and out the O2 I crave.

Mostly I just love the way they look
And grow, and fill up 
All available space
With more of their soothing green.

I can imagine a world of only plants
But not one of only animals.
Of course it’s easy to imagine one without either
But that’s not a very inviting one.

This world is inviting though
Because of all those plants
And it’s inviting specifically to animals.
But that’s just our perspective.

Of course we think we’re great
But to plants 
We’re just something that evolved
To help them.

I love plants, and can imagine a world
Of them and only them.
We wouldn’t be there to enjoy it of course
And maybe that would be okay.

But I think the plants would miss us
Since they evolved us, after all, to spread
Nourish, nurture and appreciate them
In all their sturdy, stalky, wavy greenness glory.

(5/20/26)

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