Man-Made Roses
Slice your
thumbnail through
a tender green
tightly-closed
rosebud,
stripping back
to petiole
revealing
fleshy
pale, pink, petals.
Pull apart
pastel pleats
with pollinated fingers
pushing and prodding into place….
then…
stand back,
admire your masterpiece,
and say,
“there now,
that almost
resembles a rose.”
Lindsay Riggs Brown
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