Parterre

Does the

Iridescence of her

Savoir-fair allure you?

The calla lilies speak to me when

Roses--in exchange for silence--

Asphyxiate my will to

Call out your affair. Yes,

The calla lilies know your dirty secrets, (though my)

Irises are rosy glasses--laissez-faire.

Oblivion reminds me of an ice cream cone.

Naïveté--accepting one more rose for my parterre.

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-Gina C.🧚‍♀️✨

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Author's Note: The ghosts of past relationships have been haunting me lately. ☺️

That said--while I know it's a bit taboo to point out details in your own work--I will truly eat my mittens if people don't notice the double meaning of "irises" in here. 😅

Also, in case you didn't know, here are definitions for some of the keywords in this piece--which have been grabbed from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary:

parterre noun

pär-ˈter

an ornamental garden with paths between the beds (often depicted as a maze)

savoir faire noun

sav-ˌwär-ˈfer

capacity for appropriate action. especially: a polished sureness in social behavior

laissez-faire noun

ˌle-ˌsā-ˈfer

The French phrase laissez-faire literally means "allow to do," with the idea being "let people do as they choose."

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This poem is part of my Petite line, which focuses on brevity. If you'd like to check out more from this collection, try this one:

If you'd like to check out work from my Signature collection, check out this:

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This poem was written for the Dancing with Distraction Challenge. :)

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