Flower Dance

Thoughts of beauty

I want to give you a hyacinth kiss

As the pansies laugh and play

Birds of paradise crane their necks

Stare about suspiciously

The carnations feign formality

Stand tall in stiff mutil-coloredness

The rhododendrons raise their noses

And peek at us out of the corners of their eyes

Poppies smile approvingly

Azaleas huddle together and murmur

Bees will inform all the flowers

As they gossip in the midst of pollen gathering

All of nature will be jealous