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the unnatural history of scars and flowers - j. j. steinfeld

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your scar is as intriguing as an exotic flower

the woman collecting scars and flowers

for an exhibit on the other side of town

says to me in the airport lounge

preparing for a flight to a new country

of scars and flowers


my scar is more than memory

I inherited it from a loved one

I say, awaiting the flight


the pilot and flight crew walk by

the personification of scars, she observes

the embodiment of flowers, I comment

passengers start boarding

more scars, even more flowers

the flight about to depart


your exotic flower is as intriguing as a scar

the passenger next to me says

she a flower with scars

a scar in the shape of a flower

the words for scars and flowers

weeping through the flight




Canadian poet, fiction writer, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island, where he is patiently waiting for Godot’s arrival and a phone call from Kafka. While waiting, he has published 24 books, including An Unauthorized Biography of Being (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2016), Absurdity, Woe Is Me, Glory Be (Poetry, Guernica Editions, 2017), A Visit to the Kafka Café (Poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2018), Gregor Samsa Was Never in The Beatles (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2019), Morning Bafflement and Timeless Puzzlement (Poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2020), Somewhat Absurd, Somehow Existential (Poetry, Guernica Editions, 2021), Acting on the Island (Stories, Pottersfield Press, 2022), and As You Continue to Wait (Poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2022).

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