petal, n.All

The Petal is the flower’s panties. Rip them and you have public indecency. They were the pre-Adamic fig leaf of nature before the first Eve wore that leaf as her own “crown” of petals.

The petals of a sunflower are actually single-petalled flowers. One sunflower is really a cluster of hundreds of flowers.

The Petal is without a “north,” without cardinal points, without polarity, only back and front; which is what makes petals so lively, airy, indefinite, and infinite.

The Petal is a plant’s eardrum. Distant sounds make them quiver like the needle of a seismograph.