Dried and broken
In response to Hugh Garner’s “The Sound of Hollyhocks”
So brilliant yet fleeting
Full of promise and hope
He was recovering, he was
And yet, he hung from the rope
He whispered to the flowers
The flowers whispered back
Telling stories only they knew
Giving support that he lacked
He talked of a wife he cherished
But now she is gone
By the roadside, she perished
The caged polar bear was despairing and forlorn
In came the mother
Who wanted control
She wanted to fix everything
She wanted her little boy home
But he did not want that
He could not bear the thought
So he drew his last breath
And his roommate soon forgot
