Saw Palmetto Flowers

Abstract

Saw Palmetto Flowers Rosangela Batista for Wallace Stevens Can you imagine yourself hereon the banks of a hundred milesof lagoon framedby dwarf palmsby the relentless fanningscent of baby powder? Do you know that this fragrancecomes from a mélange of violetjasmine and white musk? Do you know that aromas triggerclumps of memories? Are notthe innocent memoriesof a baby, in all its fullacceptance and constantjoy, powerful enough to alterthe memory of who we are?To stop the journey of time?To recreate a more spaciousself? These are the thingsthat visitors rarely experiencewhen they travel to my Florida. Perplexities/riddles/whirlsthat can capturethe soulas pink sundews,sandbar sundials,sanative sunshowers,satiny sunflowers. [End Page 249] Rosangela Batista Merritt Island, Florida Copyright © 2023 Johns Hopkins University Press