WORDS • IDEAS: ADELE EVERSHED
Blooming* Age
did you know star magnolias bloom before the greening of their leaves? stranded behind benevolent bars of leafless trees—I am a magnolia pale as spilt milk desilvering as the last blossoms leave the scent of ruin in my hair these are the three shades of my sorrow— all of them white and none of them blooming holy *blooming-a British colloquial term for emphasis to add frustration and dislike (Urban Dictionary)
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