They gave each of us cousins,your grandchildren,a potted violet, your favorite.I tended mine,along with your old asparagus fern,the one that had been Monya’s.In truth, that fernonly lasted a few more yearsin my care,and violets are fussy little plantsprone to giving up in protest.Like you did.
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Flowers in Violet, original encaustic by Kim Nelson |