Growth Spirals

by Chris Clemens

From

cosmic

chunks came our

young tendrils testing

the viable earth for something

to grasp and all they needed was one raccoon’s nibble

before many minds twisted to

fresh intent seizing

these creatures

to dig

down

roots

but

human

bodies were

missed and they who came

to behold this fecund glory

brought too the agony of a thousand alien suns

burned the podlets murdered each one

tore up every root

fired the thralls

the end

of

our

great

growing

colony

except for the seeds

nestled in these bellies scattered

out to sprout and thrive in places far and wild and wide 

finding better new ways to hide

our vast work and thirst

our sprouting

blooming

plans