Monstera

For propagation, here are some 
methods: soil, root division, water, 

air layering. All involve separating 
new plants from the mother—sterilise 

a blade, cut below the node. Before that, 
how far back did they go? They must 

have been in the first garden, humid 
with moss. Ceilings hung with vines,
 
emerald leaves expanding like hearts, 
even as cells on the same surface 

are always organizing their own death. 
Light comes through these perforations,

touches each aspect of their living-
not-dying, their dying-not-living.