…ypnotic effect
Those who
catches a whiff of its scent
will be lost in slumber, drowned in amnesia
Epiphyllum oxypetalum,
the Dutchman’s pipe cactus,
or princess of the night
is a species of cactus.
It blooms nocturnally,
and its flowers wilt before dawn.
As subtle, silent and slithering as Alexa’s visit
to meet the White Bear of the North.
