O, Polypody fern...thou art persistent.
You poke through the cracks, emerald green.
Also living under the cypress where little else can.
Your rootstock is in the earth below. You are paved over,
But vigorously, you surface. You find light. Or have your spores
Ventured on their own into these cracks and sprung forth colonies anew?
You greet me as I emerge from the subway (finding light) and remind me nature is near.
Already ancient pteridophyte, you will survive us.
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| Polypodium californicum, Civic Center BART, 2011, |
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