By: William Landis
Purple, pink, and white, they were the perfect flowers. He would give them to her in a bouquet, or maybe a vase. He wasn’t sure right now, but he would worry about that after he got them, somehow. The flowers were in one of the lunar greenhouses of A.B.A.R.S (Asteroid Belt Agricultural Research Station). ABARS was one of the few places in space where flowers were grown.
A Beautiful waste
Why grow flowers
On an asteroid?
The facility was known to have high security, though that was not an issue for him, because he was an employee. No matter how hard it was to get those flowers, he was going to do it she was worth it. The next night he closed that airlock behind him, and began to pick the most beautiful of the flowers. She was worthy of the best. He knew he was destroying months of groundbreaking research, but the smile on her face would be worth it. After carefully clipping the flowers , and avoiding security he returned to his room in the main building.
Bundle of flowers
No one will see them
In his space helmet
He placed the carefully assembled floral arrangement in an old glass vase, with just the right amount of water. He would come back, and make small changes to it as his date with her approached just to make sure it was perfect. The time came and he put the flowers in his personal rocket, where she would see it as soon as she got in. He approached her dwelling with anticipation of how she would be delighted with the flowers, and the smile on her face that they would cultivate. He docked his ship at the space station. She boarded, and they exchanged pleasantries…. But she didn’t notice the flowers. They were right in the center console between them, and it was as if she didn’t see them.
Ignored
A purple petal
Floats in zero gravity
Anger filled him, all the work he had put into it, and she ignored the flowers. He maintained his composure, and they proceeded to the restaurant on the Mars orbiting station. He told her he was beginning to feel ill, and that the date would have to be cut short. He returned her to the space station, and put the plan that he was formulating in to action. He loaded the flowers, and vase into the airlock and pressed the button.
Foxglove flowers
Maybe she will notice them
Hurtling towards the sun
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