Noxious Majesty
By lupus tenebrae
A poinsettia basks in winter's
mute radiance,
clasping the lukewarm tendrils
of sunlight foolish enough to stray
from their rigid course: petals,
rendered a luminous crimson,
its noxious majesty turned
brilliant with the essence
of its unwitting prey.
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