What you did not know
was the resilience
of tulips.
The riots start
in colors, earnestly. A violent
outburst of the theme of surrender
before dawn.
You kiss the irises,
blue, violet and crimson
for nominalism.
The vision emboldens―
the wounds, the slit throats―
to come again for guillotine.
A sliding blade
with promise to kill,
will not move.
Tough Tulips
Enjoyed this one. It's election day in usa nov 6 tuesday. The lines were not too long this morning. best wishes - slc