is a flower a tear (no)
Aug. 9th, 2019 02:36 pmIs a flower a tear by Winter shed
with regret when Spring's slush floods it
or is it the bead of sweat on Spring's head
as it strains to produce leaves and whatsit
is a flower an ear that listens long
for the trickle of groundwater dribbling
or it it one note of a thematic song
about eternal return and such quibbling
flowers it turns out are none of these things
they have troubles and lives of their own
and the world is a series of concentric rings
from which all the kitsch has long flown
with regret when Spring's slush floods it
or is it the bead of sweat on Spring's head
as it strains to produce leaves and whatsit
is a flower an ear that listens long
for the trickle of groundwater dribbling
or it it one note of a thematic song
about eternal return and such quibbling
flowers it turns out are none of these things
they have troubles and lives of their own
and the world is a series of concentric rings
from which all the kitsch has long flown