First Published in Metamorphosis: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose. Salt Lake City: LUW Press, 2019, pp. 112-113.The flame rose hirer
And the sound of heat, gushed. The button was pushed with fire As the closed door shut, hushed. The leaves unfold As the paper burned. And the crisping sound untold through the centuries traveled, learned A simple Herbological specimen arrived in the collection of Louis XIII. But kept from Australia, as dead men Do keep their secrets, grave born still, 19th. What Labillardière gathered so carefully survived through the revolutions aim. The World Horrors of 20th century passing merrily yet, be so tossed into the consuming delights of flame. Jardin des Plantes, Tagged, boxed, shipped from bureau Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, France. Colhelper, No 71250: Tony Bean, botanist, Queensland Herbarium, Australia. Asking des Plantes “where are my catalyst?” the government answered sesquipedalia. Olearia, flowering plant, Asteraceae family Daisies and sunflowers alike. To identify and classify, happily Seed, stem, leaves, and pit to strike. In the notes of a book now closed the package of Australian history, embers. In the oven of biosecurity, disposed the job done, security officers unhindered. The only comfort to centuries of dead gone by an email, no sugar, no feeling. Government empathy, thought, and lies fingered the send button, bureaucrat’s willing. References
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