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Unwanted. Unrequited.

Roots ripped out of the earth.
Bleeding Hearts. Thrown in a pile.
Then rescued. Requited. Replanted. Revered.

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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R

East of the clinic

in lieu of hanging out in the waiting room
choosing strolling, seeking and finding

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Leica M8, 40 mm Summicron

Hanging out with daffodils

Genus Narcissus
Can a flower fall in love with its own reflection?
OR
via Latin from Greek narkissos, perhaps from nark? ‘numbness,’
with reference to its narcotic effects.

OR ~ as the Fourth Verse of ~ I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro-Elmarit-R

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A visitor to hot tub

after being moved to the deck rail

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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apo-Macro-Elmarit

Friday flowers return

arthritic joints creak and crunch /
as they creep and crawl /
to fully appreciate spring’s bloom /
apparently known as Narcissus Poeticus /
the poet’s daffodil

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Leica R8/DMR, 100 mm Apro-Macro-Elmarit-R

Animated paintings with memories /
of tiny monkeys swinging in trees /
and masked Mexican wrestlers… El Santo. /
Bland bean dip and high octane hot green sauce. /
Frida Kahlo brought to mind in framed prints. /
Symbols of death our constant companions /
during lunch with daughter and granddaughter at Los Paisa.

Followed by beach combing and bird watching, /
locating Mystery Lake, a muskrat, a falcon, a baker’s half dozen other species… /
and pockets full of “special” stones and maybe some stories /

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