one unit

how much passion powder
possesses one clove garlic
bitten into

how much for that wellness
core curing bodies’ aches
spicing diseases

how much growth and effort
for one clove—a parceled plant-life
—division of bulbous, a bundle—

do any of us know what it took
to nurture that vegetable fraction
what it took to ensnare it

(to get you well?)