Bleeding dialogues conspire
To deafen with their crimson pleas
But can the wolf cry for itself
With sheepish clothing to appease?
The shepherd's crook with resignation
Mimes the words of Socrates
Deluded youth obediently
Gather hemlock on their knees
The unsuspecting botanist
Becomes a common gardener
Ignores the florilegia
To play the devil's pardoner
As Queen Anne's Lace the blight's disguised
He overlooks the sanguine stain
The regal title's hypnotized
The court into a bent campaign
And yet amidst the subterfuge
Its honest aura unconcealed
An iris flower glows its violet
Luster in a pasty field
The wisdom of its amethyst
A million years in geodes housed
The judge's gavel may assist
To break and leave the poet aroused