:: glean ::

:: Friday, March 19, 2004 ::

Lavender
It's her grandmother who introduces her to the art of flower pressing. On walks together they collect pansies, lavender, daisies then put them between the pages of thick books. "The bible is best" says her grandmother "Although poetry anthologies can do nicely as well." One day she finds a rose on the footpath and puts it in the Old Testament. When she checks on it several weeks later a small catepillar has eaten a maze through the petals. She thinks about this creature spending its entire life in darkness, eating.

:: Fretting 8:04 AM [+] ::
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