Sunday, November 16, 2008
If a flower could move
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Arrogant blossom standing tall
Irresistibly vermillion, gold
Tapered with scarlet
succulent petals sparkling
with morning
lachrymation
Endowed with a kinetic gift
It sways
Left, right, left
Frantically
Hopefully
Awaiting its patron
A buzz of ebony and yellow
Zigzags past the thousands in the meadow
Left, right, left
Frantically
Hopefully
Seeking its workplace
The regular arrives and begins its
routine
Pestering, probing
Trying to find an avenue to its
fluid prize
A slow and gentle
yet inexorable
Swat
And then a push
Shoo, vile ball of fur
And exoskeleton
Anthers or stigma shake it off
Fervent and impatient worker
yet diligent
Push in
Into the core
Increased pressure
Violent swings
As the host shows its disapproval
of crazed insistence
A compression a tad too
Hard
And the insectoid mass flees
20 miles away
Crushed
Introspective plant
Sniffs, sobs, pines
Cognizant of its biological
Need,
It refuses to breed.
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Dark Memories[8:40 PM]
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