germination

The point made in his lecture
(on dormancy and quiescent embryos
and how a seed goes through torture
to resume lateral growth) translated
perfectly to the current condition of our
romance. For some
seeds are dormant until sown in
a proper place, while
some seeds require water to
germinate. Our seeds thirst for
vodka
stale cigarette smoke
and the light of a waxing moon
to imbibe, to hydrate, to trigger enzymes.
In short, we'd never flower
without the appropriate stimulus.