The Plant (Part 2)

It tastes great. Sweet but a bit smoky. It has the kick of a wasabi pea in terms of aromatics. Your mouth waters and tastes a bit like battery acid. The young woman eats another one and then another. The plant is truly delicious. It makes your hands feel light. Your eyes open up a little more to receive the warmth of the atmosphere. So does your skin. Your head stops weighing anything. The tips of your cheekbones finally feel like they can relax. Your thoughts get quieter, gentler, more appreciative. What a wonderful treat her mother had been enjoying in private. The feeling is too euphoric for the young woman to even want to question her mother on keeping these seeds to herself. She just smiles thinking of her mom laid out on the ground in this greenhouse. In her floral oasis. She decides to get down there on the floor. She feels like her mother is laying next to her. Happy tears fill her eyes. Something seems to be just right about this moment. Her mother wasn't far at all now. They were both sprawled out on the earth. Like a couple of caimans smiling. The young woman can't help but love every second of it. It was all so light. A perfectly human moment. There was peace and joy. The young woman dozes off into purple clouds…[TO BE CONTINUED].