Showing posts with label The Only Rose There Is. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Only Rose There Is. Show all posts

Monday, January 23, 2012

The Only Rose There Is

The Only Rose There Is

Not
what were roses like
when you could touch
them, Great-Great-Great-
Great-Great-Great-Great-
Grandmother,

but
the week-in-the-vase
rose on the table now,
heavy-headed, a girl
with a bonnet for a face
sewn to a blanket.
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