Flower Lover

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He loved flowers.

Or so it appeared.

He had a garden, a huge one.

It appeared like a garden from a distance.

But the flowers grew in crowded spaces.

They looked like cows in a goshala.

Though they were cared for better.

They got regular water and manure.

They were sheltered from the ravages of climate change.

 

And when they were in full bloom

Were plucked and wrought into wreathes

To be laid on dead bodies

And monuments of fabricated history.

 

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  1. Hari OM
    Powerful! It just happens that I have shared poetry and how it can serve as social comment in today's post at DoWY... must be a vibe... YAM xx

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    1. Read the one you shared. Sometimes poetry becomes inevitable.

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  2. That's the beauty of flowers, they are at both moments- happiness or sorrows

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