04-28-2015, 09:37 AM
The Culling
I sowed two bean seeds in one pot
just like the package said
and when both grew
I re-read the part that said to “thin” them
which means to pluck the weakest
plant and throw it out.
But how could I?
When I have always shown compassion
for the weak
and who’s to say that stronger plants
grow better tasting beans.
Still, to kill the strong
whose only crime
was to do his best
seemed perverse
and even God
when left to choose
between Abel and Cain
let them sort it out themselves.
As weeks went by
they grew closer and stronger,
those two incidental brothers
until they twined together
inseparably
and choked each other
to death.
I sowed two bean seeds in one pot
just like the package said
and when both grew
I re-read the part that said to “thin” them
which means to pluck the weakest
plant and throw it out.
But how could I?
When I have always shown compassion
for the weak
and who’s to say that stronger plants
grow better tasting beans.
Still, to kill the strong
whose only crime
was to do his best
seemed perverse
and even God
when left to choose
between Abel and Cain
let them sort it out themselves.
As weeks went by
they grew closer and stronger,
those two incidental brothers
until they twined together
inseparably
and choked each other
to death.