look again #1: green onions

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today, I present you with a little poem.

scallions

by zizi li

was I like one of those

green onions

on the kitchen counter

forever growing back

even if cut into pieces

providing them

with more of me

as long as

i wasn't thrown away

as long as

i was provided with

the tiniest bit of water

was it resilience

or pure stupidity

of not knowing

i deserved

much better

written on the morning of August 23, 2026.