Jelly Bean Plant Mutation?
I like to talk to my plants. I thought I would throw that out there. Think what you will about me.
Also, I will just stare at them for hours. Back and forth. Circle around. When it gets dark I use the flashlight on my phone. This brings me more pleasure because the plants look so amazing in that light.
Lately, this little jelly bean plant has been catching my eye when the spotlight is thrust upon him. It seems to have five stems growing out of it that are stuck together. I want to pull them apart so badly.
It reminds me of my grandma using a rolling cutter to make her homemade noodles, pushing it through the dough, creating dozens of long stringy noodles that needed to be born.
In this situation, though, only one of the noodles on this plant has started to peel. The others must do so quickly because the suspense is killing me.
What is happening with this plant?
I have asked many of the leading succulent scientists about this. They all seem to be at a loss for information. They just say, “Wow! I have never seen this before.” Then they say some other things.
There is one thing they all have in common. They are all a bit more worried than what I believe the situation calls for. One of them somewhat demanded me to put the plant into isolation. This is curious to me.
What is wrong with the succulent scientists?
Is it possible that I gave my plants a little too much love? Now they are growing bigger and stronger, perhaps learning our language, in an effort to wipe humans off Earth and regain the peace and quiet of the old days.
That does not sound possible, but it has to be something.
It has been two days since I first talked to the succulent scientists, and every hour I get a couple of new messages from different succulent scientists. Most of them pleading to give the plant to them, pour acid on it, isolate it, burn it, or at least put it somewhere safe.
I even had a message from a space scientist. I started to think about things a little more after I heard that one. Why did I get a message from a space scientist about my jelly bean plant?
I listened to the message over and over for at least six minutes. She seems genuinely concerned about what I have. There isn’t as much fear in her voice as there was in the voices of the succulent scientists, but she is much more direct.
I have received a total of six messages from her, this is her last stern message: Do not let that plant continue to grow.
That is all she said. Again, I am curious, but I do not call back.
I have not been able to sleep. It has been six days since I have heard from any of the scientists. I receive no more calls. I sit on the floor in my kitchen tracing my finger around the cabinets. It seems like the right thing to do.
At this point, an explanation is no longer needed. We all know what has happened. You have seen it on the news and on social media, it has gone viral.
I just wanted to say how sorry I was.
How could I have known? It was just a plant.