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Battle Flowers

from Battle Flowers by David Brown

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All of your enemies are wearing chrysanthemum
Friendships are born and mutate with scorn
And hyacinth reigns from above
And garlands of silk line the walls
While fasteners haphazardly fall
And light reflects gently, though sometimes so harsh
From an aging, gyrating mirror ball
And every step lands all at once and all sounds fill the hall

Deliveries will come to your door while you're down the street
Your eyes on the sidewalk
A chemical taste in your mouth while you're moving your feet
Grapefruit rind red ribbons wrapped
Around a cream colored box
Nestled outside the black and grey door
Of a new home protected by latch, key, and lock
And a keeper of keys with his heart ill-at-ease
Lies dreaming on the floor
He could stay there for days, and maybe that's what he'll do
Eyes twitching madly, but soul underwhelmed
Afternoons waiting for you

Old silo silhouettes line future streets on the farm
There used to be hills
Now it's flat here for miles
What's the use? / What's the harm?
Erased all the lines on the map
Now my paper's just blank
An aerial view depicts energies too
Armies march, regroup, and flank
And warm earth of sun-dried, old battlefields hold up the tanks
The action's not what it once was
So they could stay there for days
The zealots are cops now, and the slogans all work
In a land where just certain crime pays

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from Battle Flowers, released February 12, 2017

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David Brown Bloomington, Indiana

Helicopters fly overhead. Cars rush by the window. Talkin' Neo-Nothing Blues. Escalators and hammering. A media grape-stomping.

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