GEORGIA O\u2019KEEFE\u2019S EXTREMELY EDIBLE FLOWERS<\/b><\/p>\n
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\u201cI want a whole garden of the flower that you are,\u201d<\/p>\n
that was what I wanted to tell you.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t remember what I really said,<\/p>\n
something about Van Gogh or Monet<\/p>\n
and nearsightedness, if I had to guess.<\/p>\n
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we stood on every side of the barn, dwarfed,<\/p>\n
engulfed by reproductions of famous artwork.<\/p>\n
we hadn\u2019t planned to come here, but we saw<\/p>\n
the installation as we were driving past and thought,<\/p>\n
heck, why not. We do <\/i>love art.<\/p>\n
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the wind cuts and you pull me close for just a moment.<\/p>\n
there\u2019s ice on the puddles and I crack it with careful delight.<\/p>\n
I tell you that I always think of creme brulee and Amelie,<\/p>\n
which is one of my favorite movies,<\/p>\n
if only because it saves me a lot of time and explanations.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
months later even summer can\u2019t match the warmth<\/p>\n
of standing at your side and losing my sense of scale.<\/p>\n
flowers bloom on my palette as I try to name these feelings.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
maybe there\u2019s more to this than Georgia O\u2019Keefe\u2019s extremely edible flowers<\/p>\n
or the way the sunlight catches the red and silver strands around your smile<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
we\u2019re breaking apart any ordinariness with just a gaze that we share silently<\/p>\n
redefining our worlds again in these mirroring moments of contentedness<\/p>\n
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