Urban
Apple
Seed
Told
that
the
rose
showing
tenacity
through
cracked
concrete
is
something
to
praise,
I
took
the
car
keys
out
of
Mom’s
LL
Bean
bag
and
drove
490
blocks.
Planting
an
apple
seed
between
the
sidewalk
squares.
No
happy
jungle
rose
through
the
ashphalt,
but
one
leaf
showed
its
unblemished
cheeks
and
smiled
a
prepubescent
grin.
By
R.K.
Gold
33