K.R.Prior
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White lilac
whatever made me think 
lilac would like the view 
from my window
the way forsythia does,
its Japanese
paper flower
trick
slowly
sticking out yellow tongues
while it watches the snow,
or any bud
kidnapped and kept
sunless unharmed

white lilac is restive
it just sits there
and sulks:
you’d have to fit it with wings
and a wind-up spring
to make it go

it doesn’t even have a smell

really