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Much like my will to live, the plant had died.
I'd rushed the ungrateful bastard into my makeshift ER, preforming 'plant surgery,' like some kind of green-thumbed Flora (the Greek goddess of flowers). I'd snipped a few leaves, added some fresh potting mix, and about a gallon of water. As the droplets started to spill out onto the floor, soaking the white carpet of our rented townhouse, I realised that my methods might have been a little less goddess-like and more along the lines of water torture. I also realised with some regret that we definitely weren't getting our deposit back. Still, day after day, I'd dote over the plant as though I had the power to resurrect the dead.
I didn't.
The plant continued to wilt and—inevitably—crumbled away.
I frowned solemnly at its stickily carcass.
Perhaps I should've prayed to Demeter instead?
I wanted to blame fate, but really, I had an infinity for destroying all that I touched.
"For God's sake, let it go!" my sister snuffed from across the loungeroom. She was reading a sports magazine casually, like I wasn't in a state of mourning. It was a simple request to 'let it go,' but letting things go had always been a problem of mine.
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