I Buy Myself Flowers

Photography: Ellie Johnson, @elliejohnno

I buy myself flowers

Because no-one else does.

But I don't think this means

I don't deserve flowers.

Sometimes from the market

But mostly from Tesco.

Tulips, wrapped in 

cellophane

That will only live a day.

I buy myself flowers 

To show that I care

To prove I can be kind 

To the girl who likes flowers.

I buy myself flowers

Because no-one else does.

They stand stoic in the morning

And guard me every night.

I buy myself flowers 

That sit on the sill

Till they die three days later

Then, I buy myself flowers.

by Isobel Scanlan

(also published in Bloom I06)

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