Blue Grey Gerbera Daisy

Blue Grey Gerbera DaisyAt some point between ordering takeout and contemplating what to hang above a bed, my sister became obsessed with ceramic flowers. Not the gaudy imitation flowers our grandmother used to collect ?? plastic monstrosities that looked like they'd been salvaged from a defunct miniature golf course ?? but rather these eerily beautiful wall mounted pieces that seemed to float like gray ghosts against her apartment walls. "It's modern artwork," she declared,

This ceramic zinnia

I find myself staring at it

" to which I always respond

As I hung it on the wall

" The ceramic piece

They'd drip

I've never been one to get excited about wall decor

Here we were

probably as a joke

It's about the size of my palm

feels almost sophisticated

to put it mildly