we had a Giant Money Tree
for quite some time —
it arrived in brooklyn
and survived cat bites
and a big move
and multiple winters
and me not taking quite as good care of it
as i probably could have
and then a leak upstairs to down
and the cutting up of the ceiling
and drying it all out
with giant industrial fans
it was doing alright
but one wrong angle
it came toppling down
and it didn’t survive much longer after that

so we mourned it
and held our space where it used to thrive
put a snake plant there
but it doesn’t feel quite right
and finally
a year and a half
maybe two
later
we got a Little Money Tree at ikea
and hopefully this one
will thrive just like its predecessor
and hopefully hopefully hopefully
it will survive long past
how old the passed money tree lasted
because we now know
that industrial fans
are called so
for a
reason