Museum exhibit

Can a living thing be put in a museum?

Take a plant sits in a pot, trimmed to aesthetic

Taste, displayed in its body, memory of a jungle, once

Deep in thought, one finds oneself in a jungle, lost

It’s heart outside in arms open wide, it’s love out-thrust

Look at what once was us, wild living things,

Our ancient humanity, made to exhibit our loss

Or am I just being silly? For the plant outlives history