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Mar 2011
If a flower
appears
in the first act. The rule is
someone must use it
before
the whorls curtain off.

In the second act,
Lady Calyx
holds the flower
toward you
β€œDon’t come
any closer.”
Before looking
into the stamen,

bang.

The flower goes off.
Written 2011 during the MFA program at Columbia College Chicago
Written by
Tommy N
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