Violet Blue Fleur De Lis Mum

Violet Blue Fleur De Lis MumI never thought I'd be the kind of person to get excited about wall art, let alone a ceramic flower. But here I am, staring at this violet blue colored creation like it holds the secrets of the universe. It's about the size of my hand, which is convenient because I can cradle it and pretend I'm some sort of botanist turned art critic. The flower is a fleur de lis mum, which sounds fancy enough to impress my sister, who once dated a mathematician. I

replacing a questionable piece of decor that might have been a paint-by-numbers gone wrong

even in the most unexpected forms

It's as if a sea coral colony decided to form a union and go on strike

This little green marvel

no larger than a hamster's delusions of grandeur

locked in a staring contest with a ceramic flower that looked like it had been plucked from the garden of an indecisive Martian

I thought it was some sort of avant-garde interpretation of a traffic cone

If flowers attended high school

so Chive did not design this

Days passed

" she whispered over the phone

The lawyers still said no