One Must Try to Become Like a Flower - Mona Sarkar
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One Must Try to Become Like a Flower - Mona Sarkar
My mother showed me what it was to slip fingers amidst flowers.
To stroke petals.
And, holding fingertips to faces, watch delight enter through the nose and land on lips.
Such is scent.
To stroke petals.
And, holding fingertips to faces, watch delight enter through the nose and land on lips.
Such is scent.
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