For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.
—Cynthia Occelli (via SwissMiss)
“Pardon this getup,” she said, “I was out getting’ the last of my black-eyes 1. Garden’s just about gone for this year. What part of Texas you all from?”
—Larry McMurtry, The Last Picture Show, Liveright, 2018 (1966)
(…)
In the garden
I ask permission
To be silent
Always listening
Now I can hear it
(…)
Estas são as duas variedades a produzir… ‘Sweet banana’ apenas estas duas até agora, ‘Black hungarian’, imensas. Nenhuma é minimamente picante.
Ainda faltam dois.