two_tall_paintings_at_the_base_of_a_tree
raze nine sunflowers
in a blue bowl
on a table the colour
of morning's finest
verdant carpet,
and an apple to match
the blood of my words.

above the uneaten fruit,
a sweet-sounding lie
about knowledge and grace —
the implication being
that these things
are given, not earned,
when those of us who
have lived long enough
to grow into our truest
selves know better.

don't take a picture.
all of this is already gone.
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what's it to you?
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