A broken tulip by Maaike

A broken tulip by Maaike

For you, a second recipe for blackberry tea.

A poem of prickly bounty to end April.

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Maaike VanderMeer
Apr 25, 2024
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‘Blackberry Tea’ by Maaike @maai_abrokentulip
For a while you wore the evidence of your brush with wild, 
too poor to replace your clothing, too weary to consider shame. 

But now, befriend what reached out to snag your ankles 
tore your solitary pair of jeans, exacted blood for your exploring. 

Bend now, over the massed prickles, lean in. 
Snip with yo…
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