Scoville Kindergarten

Scoville Kindergarten

Wee little shoots and sprouts
now kitchen pepper plants
nestle frightened
in children-painted pots
in the counter sunlight.

They know we plan to devour them.

Desperate,
they arm themselves.

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Poetry
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April 19,
2023
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1-minute
read

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J. Syringa

J. Syringa is strictly a human being (contrary to what the overly large plants and equally distressing sleeping habits might indicate). Syringa lives in Canada and is a writer with a particular fondness for non-human narratives, exotic food, and natural world trivia. When they aren’t networked to the hive-mind, they’re writing about robots, monsters, and other unusual beings. You can find them on Twitter @robotbotanicals.

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