Flora
The world deception,
turning creation
into a form of violence,
it is a show,
a spectacle to behold.
Where there should be life,
there is sickness,
and what should be free,
has already been sold.
Flowers aren’t just made for graves,
they are a sign of rebirth in the spring.
The world will tell you to weep,
when all you want to do is sing.
Stem
There is a woman
at the border
who makes oversized
paper flowers
on a plastic stem.
The flowers
are fluorescent colored.
Her craft may be
the difference between
her family eating that day
or not,
so it is love that motivates her
to make art.
That is where
true art always starts.
Mammoth
My brother used to have mammoth
sunflowers
in his backyard.
They were almost spooky at night.
They were so massive and seemed to have
heads and faces.
Sometimes, their eyes would follow you
through the dark.
And you would remember them during the
day,
how their name has the word sun in it.
It is like being in the toy store
after it is closed, like in Toy Story 4,
and the Charlie McCarthy dolls
would come alive.
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