L4 – a lemon plant named cello

her mother had lemon plants in bright white kitchens alongside darumas, frogs, and cat figurines 
water bubble flowed with miniature fountains and aquariums
take the lemon plant out for a walk
in the plastic white target pot
the mod looking one
is what she did that day
the lemon plant in the white pot
the lemon plant named cello
take the lemon plant out for a walk
to set in
the sun
taken out from indoors of the decades long unwanted home 
   of dust bunnies and closet kitchen
   one bathroom where all have been raised 
   and seen 
   in the 100 year old original cloudy mirror
with lead in the water and the need of filters in cardboard boxes from target 

take the lemon plant out for a walk
to set in
the sun
to look for yellow
and absorb solar suburb sunshine
as she exits 
the screen door off the deck
the stage
and resurrects her teenage girl waddle with the plastic white target pot at her side
the mod one 
she’s now dressed aging glamorous gray
the lemon plant which is her mother
her duty for her kyoto lineage
shone through decades of drama into a sun settle