Ikebana

by Dr. Sutapa Chaudhuri

breathing under water

slow, laborious

standing on a bed of thorns

living an exotic life in death.

readily giving up life

to make some enclosure lively

contained in a small vessel

sacrificed to preserve nature

in an unnatural death

the emblem of nature

a defined set of rules

captured in an embrace of art

an entity, before

now a token, merely.

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