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i was in a concrete building
there was no electrical lighting
only the light from outside
coming in
i was mopping
with one of those
old school
looping mop head mops
the floor was wet
it reminded me of
camping or the zoo
restrooms
but it might have been something else
and
in fact
it turned out to be
because
as i was mopping
i almost swept a stack of what i thought might be
well, some form of weed-like plant litter
into the floor drain
but i didn't
because
i have this sort of
nothing is trash until you double check
sort of attitude
so
before i summarily swept it into the drain
i checked
and it was amaranth
and there were also stacks of tiny jewel-toned ears of corn
then i took two bags from the wall
each
brightly colored
each
something i hadn't really been aware was even there before
one
more for carrying
one
designed to fold out on the ground
a sort of travelling platter
and i packed up the grains
and i walked out
into the bright
bright
sun