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            Falling Labellum





                    Nicole Costa






                             Hope has vanished from the orchid’s veins,
                             as it stares at me with its wilting dragon tongue.
                             Aphrodite cries out,
                             “Give me more sun!”
                             The goddess burns the spotted yellow center,
                             making sure it can never have any young.
                             Laughing,
                             as she watches the delicate pink petals fall off
                             one
                             by
                             one


























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