you've seen a strawberry br that's had a struggle; yet br was, where the fragments met, br br a hedgehog or a star- br fish for the multitude br of seeds. What better food br br than apple seeds - the fruit br within the fruit - locked in br like counter-curved twin br br hazelnuts? Frost that kills br the little rubber-plant - br leaves of kok-sagyyz-stalks, can't br br harm the roots; they still grow br in frozen ground. Once where br there was a prickley-pear - br br leaf clinging to a barbed wire, br a root shot down to grow br in earth two feet below; br br as carrots from mandrakes br or a ram's-horn root some- br times. Victory won't come br br to me unless I go br to it; a grape tendril br ties a knot in knots till br br knotted thirty times - so br the bound twig that's under- br gone and over-gone, can't stir. br br The weak overcomes its br menace, the strong over- br comes itself.