she sits with a spine gone soft
draped in white
dark chestnut hair in a neat knot
lace blooms around her neck
as flowers do from her palm
her right holds a single bud
to her left a bouquet
soft like the spine
wilted with resignation
garlands strung behind her
bursting with roses
like an abandoned party
Holding on to singularity,
While clutching desperately to connection.
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