Wish for Continuance
Marigold, Tagetes erecta, la caléndula, cempohualxochitl Unless I’d picked so many,greedy against disasterthe afternoon before the hurricane,I wouldn’t have knowneven after this long: your scentis multiple, not only the sharp warningof brushed-past leaves but a profound,encompassing sweetness belongingto petals only and softerthan I’d have thought,flower to fill the palm,flower held close over centuriesbefore you were …