It looked white, but you knew
that if you flipped its sad head upright
you would find a tip of yellow swordpoints
which spat pollen if you touched them.
The garden used to be full of them when you were little.
They stained your clothes.
And how could you explain
to the mother who had to wash them
why you had been turning snowdrops over
and ripping out their bitter golden hearts?
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