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Petal Book“bud” is the second micro poem from Petal Book, a three-part lieder cycle inspired by Louise Glück’s The Wild Iris. \n\nTaking Glück’s oracular, anthropomorphic voice as a point of entry, Ana María Caballero explores our relationship with mortality, with words, and with each other, in this series of pithy, cutting poems written in the language of flowers. \n\n“stem,” the first poem, was released and offered to Refraction Festival's REFRACT PASS holders. \"bud\" debuted during Proof of People in New York on April 12/13, 2023. “bouquet,” the third poem, will be offered to collectors via a future Refraction event. \n\nHolders of all three poems will receive a fourth work as a gift. \n\n*\n\nstem\n \nbecause you cut \nme\n \nnow\nyou have \n \nto water \nme \n\n*\n\nbud\n \nlike every spoken word\n \nI, too, \nwager everything\non the ignition of dirt\nand then—\n \nspring\n\n *\n \nbouquet\n \nmy limbs bound\nas offering \nby string, or\n\nyour hand\n \nflesh-colored blossoms\nupon the marbled slab\nof time\n\n*ipfs://bafybeib2oqj3jv2o5zurilrperkihfkonhgzkrqu27hsrhtij24fckxptaipfs://bafybeieqic2ry37e64ddv7dqwun62nf7fczir62pnoklnv42hk2ydufa4q