Linda Laino
Linda Laino is a visual artist and writer with an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She moves between painting and writing, in search of the connections and the crossover. She lives in Mexico and travels the world for residencies.
The Hydrangeas Died Well
tragic, but intact.
Dead-scented flowers
atop naked stems stiffened
by violent silence, begging
for a clash-clang bell
of disruption.
The limp leaves arranged
themselves on the ground below,
an elegant garden table
destined for minty teas served
with the cheer of a cloudy day,
hands poised circular around the cup.
Every living person
is delivered to death
by their mother.
The staccato rain
falls all day insisting
I pay attention.
