By: KJ Hannah Greenberg

Panoply

Magnificent displays of objects, some of okenite, others obsidian, arranged
Per social media’s dictates and other niche authorities’ mores, glitter akin to
Fool’s gold.

Sadly, “impressive” arrays of goods often lack the beauty of Australian Mist
Cats else Maine Coons; indeterminate worth requires essence. Known value,
Contrariwise, holds substance.

Consider leks, where males gather competitively for courtship. Weigh the
Significance of moray eels as dinner entrees. Measure the relative good of
Privately-sewn couture garments

Usually, rund, i.e., plump, women and other “castaways” are more reliable
Than entire exhibitions of pageant queens. Virtuousness is not a dress size
Nor is decency measured by bank accounts.

Spectacles are temporary pleasures while steadfastness wins repeatedly in
Life. We needn’t parade our stuffs to garner acclaim; a good name remains
The highest sort of coronation we can attain.

Oblate and Not

Some fruits, whose infructescence is flattened at their poles, are tasty,
Else beautiful. Those clusters, ever arranged on axes, include grapes,
Dates, wheat, maize, narcissi, and mums.

No syconia like figs, or soroses sorts similar to pineapples, moreover
Mulberries, belong to that count as certain akenes resist proliferating
Singularly. Nonetheless, they’ve use as well as splendor.

People, too, come in clusters or present as solitary. No matter their
Form, their worth, their loveliness ought to be accepted. We’re not
Created alike intentionally; orchards and gardens require range.

Aubade

Sometimes, it’s meetings that can’t be held on Zoom, else
Research presentations that wrench me from bed to satisfy
Colleagues’ demand to think about footnotes face-to-face.

Other times, you have an ailing relative or a project across
The world, where your voice’s sounds and wrinkled brow
Assist folks in comprehending which line of code suffices.

Rarely, individual medical traumata pulls one of us away,
Causes our solicitation of succor from strangers, might be
Reason enough to separate at dawn, walk out on our own.