Carnation
Wendy McNeill

A single white carnationnSailed through the air, hit the groundnBehind it was laughternAnd envy and joy in the soundnOf passion and powernFor the star of the hournLeast noble of flowersnLays at her feet like a clownnnJust a step up from a weednSo common, so hardynA stranger to the famenAnd other ridiculous thingsnA practical typenLike the fellow that threw younWho shuffles awaynAnd exits the theatre alonennA single teardropnSoftens the crease on his facenOne of many hard living has shapednOh baby, he cried, Why couldn't I?nOh baby, he cried, Why?nBut look at you now, I guess I've done right,nSo the carnation man picked up his bottlenAnd melted back into the nightnnShe was successfulnThe newspapers claimednA phoenix from ashesnBut what they never said wasnShe longed for a callnFrom the man she hardly knew at allnShe folded her kerchiefnAnd answered the dressing room doornnTo flashes of light and armfuls of flowersnJust put them over there, she saidnWith all of the others,nBut a ghost caught her eyenAs the usher walked bynA crumpled carnationnFell through the air, hit the ground

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