the orchid.....

smacks of 'orchid ness'.......
yellow and fuchsia and seemingly 'eternal'......
for......
even in 'dire circumstance'......
an elegant creature such as this .........
can ONLY thrive......
can ONLY thrive.......
'hothoused' in sunlight and geranium essence.....
dancing in a sinewy, yet 'choreographed' pattern........
ambrosia to the senses......
wrapped in 'glamour'........
as it were......
"all things in time", said the school mistress,
as she scratched the blackboard with her broken nails.......
just to make 'the point' in a SHARP way...
i had chills......
WE ALL had chills.....