(escapril, day 9: focus on the color)

There’s a purple-pink flower on my front porch.

I think my sister left it there, forgot it in one of her games.

It’s a little crumpled, a little wilted.

I pick it up, take it inside, put some water in a glass, and carefully prop it up inside.

Sooner or later, it’ll perk back up again,

If only for a little while.