A contemporary poem about the petal leaves a question, using a concrete image system, a pressured turn and a restrained open ending.
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After the petal, the stem remains. After the stem, a little green attention. I follow the place where beauty was and find the field making room. Nothing has ended cleanly. Even falling leaves leave a question.
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