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I tell the tulips in the pot on my windowsill

  • Aug 1, 2017
  • 1 min read

by Stefano Paparo

Ellie Larsen
Ellie Larsen

I tell the tulips in the pot on my windowsill

about an accident I saw last night.

Pointless, say the tulips. We are 

better than you.

Mornings are like this now.

We are better than you, the tulips say, even though none of them know I can hear them.


Stefano Paparo lives in Portland.

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