I had been working for more than a year on this collage.

I made it meticulously with beautiful materials: Pink and gold Japanese
paper. A pressed flower I had gathered years ago from a poet’s garden.
 Fragile materials. I used special glue to bring them together. Archival,
naturally, promising to last a lifetime.

I had also applied gold leaf, forming little islands across the layers of
paper. A process that demands care and patience. Care, I do have a lot of.
Patience, not so much.

My piece was spectacular. Ready to be framed. Perfection.

I destroyed it. That one morning, I felt the need to undo it.

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