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Magnolia Tree

June 9, 2011
By Stephanie9 SILVER, Irvine, California
Stephanie9 SILVER, Irvine, California
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Favorite Quote:
We&#039;re all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.<br /> -Oscar Wilde


Magnolia tree,
Your blossom has fluttered to the dirt
A waxy white butterfly
That now, lying motionless,
Shows movement only with the help of the wind.

Firm in it’s descending from the moon,
Its pallid petal-wings
are carefully lifted by the earth’s soft whispering
In your ear.

Only to become rotten, trodden
And appear roasted over heavenly ash
Caked with warm cinnamon stains-
the petal-wings of your flesh.

To have your scent,
Like a summer lemon,
Permeate the walls of an undeserving nose.

I can’t let it be.



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