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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
“Don’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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