tagNon-Erotic PoetryThe Bullnettle Flower

The Bullnettle Flower

byfoehn©

The blossom of the bullnettle
is whiter by far than any honeysuckle flower
and smells much sweeter
but the perfume is made brittle

by the fact that the spines
at the base of the bloom
are longer than the petals and loom
toward the nose, full of poison.

“Te extraño,” I told her.
“Oh, don’t bring that mess up again,” she said.
At first it merely hurts. All in the head,
they say, the long itching, after.


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