He ate flowers.
this mentally challenged boy
from the countryside
I used to watch him
in the fields
when I visited my grandparents
as a kid
He was like an exotic thing
a wild beast chasing
static pray
They had no chance,
the flowers
he would assault them
with a killer's smile, frothing,
and would grab
and tear and rip them from
the stem and
would eat them
Nobody knew why
and the only explanation given
was that he was insane
then the men and women
who saw him would
scream at him
to stop and he would raise
his head and watch them
like a deer surprised by
headlights
Then he would spit the colorful
froth from his big mouth
and would run home
hopping and leaping like a horse
through the tall grass
He was mostly inoffensive,
this flower eating boy
but they all told me to stay away
from him and would
always chase him away when
he got too close
Time passed and I moved to the
city and went to school there
and stopped visiting the
countryside and its wonders
I got busy
and my busy life drove away the
magic and mystery of childhood
The flower eating boy is now but
a memory
neither good
nor bad
just strange, interesting
He doesn't eat flowers anymore
because he doesn't live in the
countryside anymore
No, from what I've heard
he's in some mental facility and it was
his last flowery meal that sent him there
I don't know,
maybe if they hanged signs with
"Don't wear flowers in your hair!"
around the village and the fields
that little girl would've been saved
and the village would still have its
magic beast.
[…] The Boy Who Ate Flowers by Bogdan Dragos […]
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Another ending to take us by surprise- to shock us.
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Many thanks ԅ(‾⌣‾ԅ)
Glad to know it achieved that 🙂
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great…delicate and sensitive….and sad. Well done.
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(*・‿・)ノ Thank you!
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Beautifully penned and imbued with such poignant imagery.
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Thank you, James ( ๑>ᴗ<๑ )
Much appreciated 🙂
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Pleasure.
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That ending gave me goosebumps, totally unexpected
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Glad to hear that. Thank you!
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The poor girl…well-written with a surprise ending
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Glad you liked it 🙂
Thank you (=‿‿=.)
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Its interesting how you put something that could be a whole book in one poem 🙂
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Oh thank you very much (人^ᴗ^)
I always thought that’s what poetry is all about 🙂
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