03-31-2025, 11:30 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-05-2025, 04:22 AM by RiverNotch.)
Do athletes, poets, or mass murderers
continue to receive
laurel coronets? If so,
I yearn for one:
its leaves, I'm sure, will add
a fine, if subtle, boost
to various soups and stews,
its stems, I'm sure, will prove
a fine, if tiny, scourge
once adeptly plied,
and its buds, if with the others
picked, should compost well,
what use is there in flowers
shorn the chance to fruit?
continue to receive
laurel coronets? If so,
I yearn for one:
its leaves, I'm sure, will add
a fine, if subtle, boost
to various soups and stews,
its stems, I'm sure, will prove
a fine, if tiny, scourge
once adeptly plied,
and its buds, if with the others
picked, should compost well,
what use is there in flowers
shorn the chance to fruit?