Ink spreads like mycelium threads
Hyphae read what sender said
Coffee steam rises like spore
Claviceps climbs the cup once more
Wet paper roots hold fast tonight
Diner booth keeps watch till light
Latin names don't need a stamp
Genus species maps the damp
Waitress refills ceramic bowl
Steam writes names on window scroll
Letter fibers drink the ink
Cellulose drinks what writers think
Wet paper roots hold fast tonight
Diner booth keeps watch till light
Latin names don't need a stamp
Genus species maps the damp
Trucker drops a coin and goes
Microbes nod where nitrogen flows
Letter edges curl like frond
Osmunda waits for morning pond
Three-A-M the griddle cools
Spores settle on vinyl stools
Letter dries to crisp and brown
Fallen leaf on wooden crown
Cook wipes down the stainless steel
Xylem pulls what roots reveal
Ink fades to sepia tone
Lignin stands in wood alone
Wet paper roots hold fast tonight
Diner booth keeps watch till light
Latin names don't need a stamp
Genus species maps the damp
Dawn breaks through the greasy glass
Chlorophyll wakes in morning grass
Letter lifts with fingertip
Dry paper breathes, roots let slip
Wet paper roots hold fast tonight
Diner booth keeps watch till light
Latin names don't need a stamp
Genus species maps the damp
Ink dries clean on fiber skin
New growth starts where dry begins
Rain stops, paper breathes deep now
Roots drink what morning leaves allow