Flower Garden Skull
by John McKernan


Yellow tulips
Through brown eyes

Iris past the throat
And broken teeth
Waving a purple flag

Without a trace
Of perfume or sound
Twin gold lilies
Float from the ears

Nature poetry
Needs to be
Like a skier
Or molten lava
Always above ground






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