Snowmachines, silhouette . . .
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WITHOUT

A world without light or

sound is thinkable,


but not a world

without

movement.

MYSTERY FLOWER

It was simply there,
waiting almost,
in an abandoned field.

There were roads nearby.
And a noise that made them
uneasy about lingering too long.

They had all come to study it. And
debate its form, origin,
next of kin.

There was the problem of a name.
And proper epithets. And, of course,
there was the issue of a specimen.

Should they risk transplanting it?
Or would a leaf be enough? No, they
all knew, although not one of them

dared say it out loud:—They must have
a flower. Yes: a single, whole, flower.

That is how they found them. All standing
stones frozen in a circle about a mysterious,
empty center. Outstretched hands gesturing
to the heavens,

—eyes closed,

mouths,

still fully opened.

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| MYSTERY FLOWER is a part of my FIREWEED POEMS—
51 longer narrative poems | lower-right for full-screen view |

All Photographs & texts by Cliff Crego © 2011 picture-poems.com
(created: III.24.2011)