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2012-05-06T00:01:30-07:00May 6th, 2012|Nature|

My promise to a tulip

The tulip is fat and proud
like an opera singer
all purples and pinks
like fabric
like felt pens

as I am watching
not thinking of tulips anymore
one of her petals drops
hanging low
like a marionette’s mouth
open wide
as if to say

write about me
make me last
forever.

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