Epigram ‘n Aphorism Samwiches

Lavender Buttons

Lavender Buttons

The Clematis exhaled
and darling Buttons popped...

To the mulch
lavender kisses fall --
disassembled, fragmented --
In the acidic red bath --
a clutter atop
a barrier to green blades
defiantly piercing
anything, anywhere.

Gathered, the silk ears
elegantly crowd jagged crystal
purposed after a life
hidden from dust
in a glass amphitheatre --
in the corner hutch --
a haven similar
to your mother,
soon a withering stock.

She returns next spring
with your siblings
too precious to waste
on sober, gray eyes.
If only I could inhale
your bounty afresh,
sew my Buttons
back on, so you could
eventually meet.
Shrink in brilliance,
reposed in glass bed,
knowing, I loved you.

6.26.20
6.28.20

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