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crocus

February 17, 2023
By EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
EmilyTheKiwi PLATINUM, Flemington, New Jersey
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Favorite Quote:
“Picture a wave. In the ocean. You can see it, measure it, its height, the way the sunlight refracts when it passes through. And it's there. And you can see it, you know what it is. It's a wave.<br /> <br /> And then it crashes in the shore and it's gone. But the water is still there. The wave was just a different way for the water to be, for a little while. You know it's one conception of death for Buddhists: the wave returns to the ocean, where it came from and where it's supposed to be."<br /> -The Good Place


purple.

soft.

inquisitive things.

they reach out,

questioning,

testing warm february air.

it is adequate,

they think.

and boy do they bloom.


The author's comments:

There is a small house near mine that has crocuses in their front yard, and I always look forward to the day that I pass it and see the flowers open up for the first time. Crocuses have always been a beautiful and poetic flower to me. I love the image of a flower waiting patiently under snow, or cold ground, slowly sprouting and blooming at the first sign of spring (or in this case, unnaturally warm weather).


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