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oubaitori

“There are always flowers for those who want to see them.”

—-Henri Matisse

we called them

by different names

the wrong names

confusing one

for some other

as if language

changed them

from what they are—


fields of flowers:

blue bonnets butter cups

primrose mexican hats

from early spring

into summer

nameless not unknown

(April 8, 2025)