by Sean Thomas DoughertyMy dear impertinent pistachio, my lady-slipper's largesse, my eucalyptus, my Calypso bent calla lily, my earth-cauled cauliflower, O my babushka'd cabbage, my dear ragamuffin ragweed— my heliotropical sunflower, my honeyed locust, my vituperative violet, my delicately cloaked artichoke—my lima bean, Lie down my shady lady-fern, my blue bell, my willow, my rapturous rain-washed radish.
