Blossom: a CV

Blossom was a pavement artist. Painted the trees in concrete estates and sad precincts. Painted the streets. Blossom was a fruit farmer. Lived on the land. Raised and nurtured saplings with an invisible hand. Think of Blossom as solar panels. When the weather turned and the seasons unravelled Blossom was a weathervane. Blossom was a mountaineer. Didn't look down. Weighed anchor in hairline fissures and stress fractures Blossom the magician transformed winter's curfew hours into foaming white petals. Abracadabra: flowers. Rootless and homeless, Blossom rode and drifted on thermal currents as the climate shifted. Blossom the ballet dancer was reborn in the hardcore techno and thrash-metal of the thunderstorm. As a sculptor, Blossom trained and wrangled reluctant limbs in the studio of the walled garden. Blossom was a dictionary. Knew how to spell resurrection and the true meaning…