Pearlescent Rose

Pearlescent RoseNever in my life did I think I'd be this excited about a fake flower, yet here I am, practically doing cartwheels over a ceramic rose that's about as alive as my childhood dreams of becoming a professional juggler. This pearl colored beauty, no bigger than a squirrel's existential crisis, arrived in a gift box so fancy I briefly considered moving into it and subletting my apartment. As I lifted this June birth month flower from its posh packaging, I

it's a lot of work to get the height correct

I never thought I'd find myself waxing poetic about a ceramic flower

Armed with air-purifying prowess

utterly captivated by a ceramic flower that looked like it had been plucked from the imagination of a whimsical botanist with a penchant for mint ice cream

smitten with a ceramic flower that's about as subtle as a peacock at a pigeon convention

We easily have called it Womble

her voice tinged with the reverence usually reserved for abstract expressionist paintings or particularly well-executed grilled cheese sandwiches

I'll simply tell them it's not just a flower

It's the kind of thing my sister would've scoffed at

" she continued

it was made by Chip Fernandez

"It'll add some drama