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Horticultural Incest

Horticulture? truly awesome! Granddaddy’s timeless illusion - one giant synthetic blossom swirling midst rustic seclusion. Fascinated by back-crossing, Pop experimented in silence. Sleep was spent turning and tossing weird ideas, odd incidents. His gigantic bogus blossom would emanate from these night-swings. He had heard that you could cross some old parent plants with their off-springs. Such horticultural incest troubled Pop’s moral conviction. Botanic genes lost his interest, guilt became an affliction. He took up artistic venture creating flowers of pottery. The last one he made, the clencher, shines in his orchard's rockery.

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Date: 7/28/2024 5:13:00 AM
Very nicely penned Reason, Congrats on your win
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Date: 8/1/2024 10:50:00 AM
Thanks for the placement, Joseph. I welcome your comment and the contest you run.
Date: 7/27/2024 8:35:00 PM
interesting it is. one Mr Venkatapathy Reddiar from Kerala started tissue culture on Crossandra flower. Use of gamma rays, uv mutation, what all has come to this natural world. Baffling. I liked your poem. Congratulations. happy writing.
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Date: 7/28/2024 1:21:00 PM
It is amazing, awesome what mankind has attempted in the fields of biology/botany. Baffling, indeed, I do not comprehend it at all, but I accept it as the result of great determination and effort. Thank you for commenting.
Date: 7/27/2024 9:30:00 AM
Congratulations on your win. I enjoyed reading about your wonderful 8 word write/story.  Have a blessed weekend with your win.......................
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Date: 7/27/2024 6:08:00 PM
I thank you, Paula, it was a fun write, fictional, yes. But there is that verse in Deuteronomy about not mixing seed. Older folk took the Bible a bit more literally than modern man. And I thank them for it. I appreciate you.

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