Uprooted this odd plant, we did. Brought it back to the lab.
It was novel, real wild. Thought it was a newly discovered species.
Never seen anything like it, we said.
We’ve been searching for another after ours died so quick, looking real hard.
Gone from the wild, it was.
Nick Bucciarelli is an undergraduate student studying chemistry at Northwestern University.
I like it, made me think of those dandy lions. Hope they roam forever.
Makes one wonder, if it really was a new species, what could it have cured? The chemistry of plants is fascinating. Nicely written.