Booked

 
buds

bloom

grey

peonies

inside

hothouse

pistil

tongue

spews

a petal mockup

that nurtures

pinwheeling for pollen, too.

sTamina,

sTamina—

that flags,

as arms vine

toward missing truth

a heliotrope seeking Sun

the shear  tendency

/

—

.cuts.

(mostly leaves)

©Karen Robiscoe