Flower Garden Skull by John McKernan

Yellow tulips Through brown eyes Iris past the throat And broken teeth Waving a purple flag Without a trace Of perfume or sound Twin gold lilies Float from the ears Nature poetry Needs to be Like a skier Or molten lava Always above ground

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