I love the micro world you bring us into here, A -- you have a real knack for that. The "creaking of a peony" -- yes! And I love the bigger place you take us to at the end. It was a cool twist -- I was at first admiring the peony for throwing themselves so fully into "the show," but then caught myself with your closing line. I vow not to be a peony.
I love the micro world you bring us into here, A -- you have a real knack for that. The "creaking of a peony" -- yes! And I love the bigger place you take us to at the end. It was a cool twist -- I was at first admiring the peony for throwing themselves so fully into "the show," but then caught myself with your closing line. I vow not to be a peony.
It's not their fault, of course! They were cultivated that way. And I still admire the beauty of the one we discovered in our yard this year! But I've been finding that I feel sorry for them, too.
I love the micro world you bring us into here, A -- you have a real knack for that. The "creaking of a peony" -- yes! And I love the bigger place you take us to at the end. It was a cool twist -- I was at first admiring the peony for throwing themselves so fully into "the show," but then caught myself with your closing line. I vow not to be a peony.
It's not their fault, of course! They were cultivated that way. And I still admire the beauty of the one we discovered in our yard this year! But I've been finding that I feel sorry for them, too.