The Anatomy of Grass
Victoria DiMartino
Science Lab Study
#436
The Anatomy of Grass
Light
6CO2 + 6H2O -> C6H12O6 + 6O2
Why is it + that when you cut a piece
of grass -> It does not bleed?
The Abstract:
Inside of grass, the real structure of it,
there must be a liquid.
For the water goes in
and doesn’t seem to come out.
So why unlike humans,
when you split the grass,
it does not bleed.
Does the sunlight dry it up
and steal the moisture locked inside?
Does the dirty air I put in
destroy the purity of your water,
and you simply cannot have it anymore?
I am going to argue that I do not understand,
how I give you nothing of value,
I simply give you the air that does not work for me anymore,
and I cut you down because I do not like
the way you feel against my feet when you get too long,
I do not understand how you still give me purity.
I am going to argue that
you have no liquid in your body,
because you are too busy helping me
than to bleed.
Victoria DiMartino is a first year Creative Writing Major at Susquehanna University. Victoria is from Long Island, New York. She has been published for poetry in the Orange Island Arts Review in 2016, and currently works for The Collagist Blog as a poetry interviewer. Victoria is very excited to continue to grow with her writing as she studies at SU and cannot wait to share her work with the rest of the world!
Issue 12
2018