5 July, 2024
Oneiromancy
The Feast of Flowers: A Floral Game of Fortune
Adams & Co, 1869
a flower appears in my dream
not nodding
they don’t always nod
and reminds me of Trisha, a florist,
who always told me—
branches in a field of moss behind her—
about arrangements, the structure of corsages,
and the languages no one speaks any more
the flower tells me
that humans speak the language of chemicals
but they aren’t very good at it, flowers though
it is their only way
a pause
but that’s not quite right
we use light in ways your eyes can’t see
and now the nod