Sunday, August 5, 2007

Tulips Vivants

I suspect cut tulips frolic
like Tchaikovsky’s suite of toys
when the household sleeps and dreams

wishing to adjust positions
like Degas’ ballerinas
bowing, dipping and tossing heads

rejecting hierarchic rank
like Van Gogh’s sunny flowers
each one angling for best exposure

dramatizing pure euphoria
like Beethoven’s Ode to Joy
rendered here in glorious color.

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