Life Cycle of White

Ivory, ecru, massed
petals on three heads
of hydrangea. After three
days, each begins to sport
a light ochre outline. We know
what it means: everything 
goes into decline. Yesterday, 
a communion. Today, a wedding.
Tomorrow, blooms falling 
like snow into the open earth.

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