Violet Crush
"Forgiveness
is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."
~Mark Twain
Your hope's a hoop
swallowing its tail, your
forgiveness a rosewood
casket, shut
on the
smell
of something gone.
You can't peddle your
punk beacons here
as the peace of light,
buzzing the moon's ears
with one-eyed drones.
Here I build silence
with the end of strength
so there will be time
for the truth.
~June 2015
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Weekend Challenge: Flash Fiction 55
Kerry's Plus to the 55 factor this time is to use a quote from Brainy Quote's Quote of the Day archive. I have pulled mine from their vast reservoir of the master of quotable quotes, Mark Twain
Image: White Violet, copyright joyannjones 2015
