“Why Do You Carry Dead Flowers?”
<p>My dog walked along the wild path with me cheerfully in tow,</p>
<p>From opposite side came a child in stride, and he was eager to know,</p>
<p>“Why do you carry dead flowers?” he asked. “When they no longer glow?”</p>
<p>I halted my pace and looked at his face while my dog searched him with his nose,</p>
<p>The flowers that once grew wild rest in my hands carefully styled,</p>
<p>My affection for the dead riled curiosity in his head,</p>
<p>“These flowers have lived a fruitful life,” I said.</p>
<p>“These flowers have fed the bees.”</p>
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