I walked into the plant store looking for seeds.

“They’re on sale,” the clerk told me, handing me an envelope. “Nobody wants them.”

I looked at the picture of an unfamiliar plant, with the caption, “Please, take care of me.”

Now I proudly own a lot of lush, unfamiliar bushes.

Marcelo Medone (1961, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Pushcart Prize nominee fiction writer, poet, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He received numerous awards and was published in multiple languages in more than 50 countries, including Canada. He currently lives in Montevideo, Uruguay. See more on Facebook and Instagram.