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Flower Wars

L. Creager
Sleeping bluebells torn by the handful
Still smell like last night's fires
And the wise man's tales
Of the earth gone sour

Fleshy beads of a rosary
Clutched in prayer for rain
They twist and turn against the flowery death
Their murderer, upside down

God is upside down now
He asks for too much
He wants chambers and arteries
And heads and blood

He wants all the bluebells
War-painted and wild-caught
Weeping and wailing
To die an honorable death


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Field of Flowers | Suzanne Snow | Mixed Media

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