vermillion ties

on the morning walk, i happened upon a lonely patch of
vermillion poppies

i looked both ways, picked on and tied it up in my unruly hair

maybe it would add a bit of complement to my newly acquired
cocoa freckles and lavender rosewater oiled curls and salt sea stains

i tie up the young tomato plants that are starting to offer flowers

to the stakes to afford them strength against the levante

i tie them with strips of orange tshirt and i love how they look
adhered to the bamboo with loops and bows