Today we dissected lilies...we got to take them apart, limb by limb. I'm sure I heard the painful cry as each petal was ripped from the stem. I wanted to cry as we slashed through the pistil, separating the stigma from the style and the ovary. The antherless stamens were already sheared from their filaments, and I know they were mourning their loss. It was a sad, yet necessary operation and as we stared at the lifeless flower under the microscope, I think I saw a tear fall down its stem.
In memory...
Mrs Cardinal
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