Sunflower

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The sunflower knows not of Monday nor the notorious blues which tend to accompany it. The sunflower isn't burdened by the weeks or weekends—it only knows the seasons and the days which come and go far too quickly. The sunflower stands iron-willed and patient through the night so that every morning it may dance to the silent hum of our distant star. It feels appropriate to steal the words of Allen Ginsberg, "when did you forget you were a flower?" Today is not the Monday you are told it is. Today you are a sunflower, and may you dance forever.

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