Corpse Flower
Who would wait in line to smell
A flower that’s so vile
Its odor reeks like rotting flesh,
Quite hard to reconcile
With all the other lovely plants
The Gardens* have on view?
I’m not sure I would make the trip
To check it out; would you?
This specimen, just one of four
To thrive in the U.S.
Has been here seven years, but never
Bloomed with full success.
Its smell will last for several days,
A putrid, corpse-like scent,
Yet strangely, all who waited
Were quite happy that they went.
*The Brooklyn Botanic Garden
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