watering
ovenbird
In
the
dream
the
flowers
were
dead
.
So
many
fading
heads, drooping
from
necks
too
weak
to
bear
their
weight
.
She
watered
them
all
meticulously, soaking
crepe
paper
corpses
without
any
hope
of
reviving
them
.
“
What
do
you
think
it
means?”
she
asked
.
“
Oh
,
I
’m
sure
it
’s
just
your
brain
generating
random
images
.
It
probably
doesn’t
mean
anything
at
all
,”
came
the
response.
“
Yes
,
I
’m
sure
that
’s
it
,”
she
said
as
petals
fell
from
the
stems
of
her
eyes
.
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