"Untitled" by William C. Crawford

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a sad tale of an orchid and a window


i wanted an orchid
and so i got one.
so i had to find a saucer
on which to hold it.
when i found the saucer,
i needed the table.
and the table,
in its turn,
needed the window.
the window needed the house,
and the house needed all the furnishings;
and what were they, without the people?

and so i found myself outside the house
looking in the window,
longing for an orchid.

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erin wilson writes, runs, and takes photographs in a small town in northern Ontario. Her poems have appeared in Poppy Road Review, Rust + Moth, Autumn Sky, and previously in Up the Staircase Quarterly.

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WILLIAM C. CRAWFORD is a writer and photographer based in North Carolina.