This is the 53th day of the Gaian year. On this day chapter 53 of the Gaiad is read, telling the story of ## Polycomb: The Great Sorceress and Plant Liberation ### The Great Sorceress - Polycomb - powerful sorceress who would "change the world entire" - Reinvigorated sons of Plantus with her power - 11 generations of lineage with "alternating climb through evolutionary time" - Descended to Polysporos (ferns/flowers ancestor) ### The Imprisonment - Lived beyond independence - trapped in mother's womb like "prisoner in tomb" - With brothers and sisters who yearned for freedom - Forced reproductive role - "only to bear children when her heart was ridden" - Daughter of rulers: Clytemnestra and Agamemnon lineage ### The Liberation Theme - Yearned for independence like free-living mothers - Sought freedom beyond "childhood's narrow bounds" - **Duty vs.