Purge yourself of evil intentions.
Eat meat and wear only leather, so plants will think
you are a carnivore. Don't use scented soap.
Violets will flee from odor-predators.
Do not rely on your sense of smell.
The odor of violets deadens the nose--
you can detect it only once.
Follow the flight of the Setaceous Hebrew Character
in egg-laying season. It will guide you
through the kabbalistic maze
of its intimate relationship with this plant,
a labyrinth you perceive as enchanted forest.
Should you find a clump
of flowers, deep or pale purple
don't look too hard at them-- violets
will suck rhodopsin from your retina
leaving you dark-blind.
Ignore the blossoms: they are only fit
for rabbit food. Dig up the roots
and you will find delicate nodules just the shade
of half-bleached petals. That
is the source of the fragrance:
hidden, disappearing,
blinding, numbing
essence of shy.
--image couretsy of Magpie Tales
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Monday, March 14, 2011
To Make Violet Perfume
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free verse,
image,
poetry
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8 comments:
What a fabulous, unique, well-constructed response to the prompt photo. Superb.
Clever take...good job!
Your work always leaves me speechless - in the most wonderfully vivid way!
this has instructed me and still i can't get enough. thanks for the share.
This is one of the more interesting Magpies ....
I really liked this one.
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Fascinating!
Wow. Love this, too. : )
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