a bouquet or even a single flower
I don’t notice the vase
a Van Gogh sitting on my kitchen table
with a note proclaiming love
I prefer sunflowers from my wife
to all other gifts.
June 9, 2011
I prefer sunflowers from my wife
the platitudes of willful resemblance
words of a people aligned in their perfect order
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