Flower of Fleeting Consequence

..through the dark crack 

of the old concrete pavement 

near  humorless steps

of a somber public

building..


..a delicate, playful flower blooms

in dazzlingly radiant abandon, 

gratefully, teasingly

saying "hello" 

to the sun !
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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