Thursday 12 April 2012

Whorl

WHORL

-noun
1. botany . a radial arrangement of three or more petals, stamens, leaves, etc, around a stem
2. zoology . a single turn in a spiral shell
3. one of the basic patterns of the human fingerprint, formed by several complete circular ridges one inside another
4. anything shaped like a coil

















It’s so hard
Watching you
As you try to fight
Your way out of
A whorl of despair
Life and joy slipping
From your clenched hands
Your desperate smile.

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