a fern that flowers
is not a fern
even if it looks like one
and has never flowered.
the delicate looking leaves
are not leaves;
they are branches.
the spiky thorns
are leaves.
if it ever did flower
then blue berries
might bring a mocking bird.
Flowering Fern
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