Gumball #66 Zombie Flowers

tis the season for spooky poems

Photo by Marjorie Pezzoli

Fertilizer 

zombie flowers 
rise up between my toes

eats away self-doubt

roots enter my bloodstream

pain of consumption - ignored
                             
transformation 

       worth it

bones 
       become a trellis 
trendrills fill lungs 
             
butterflies form a chrysalis in my skull
milkweed pops through fingernails

poppies fall from my mouth

seed and wings    
await the wind

clouds whisper  - soon

© Marjorie Pezzoli

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I did a series of dead flower bouquets during lockdown in 2022 - happy to finally pair this image with a poem 💀🧟🖤

till next week - Marjorie