Tristan Robert Lange

Garden of Surprises

Gardens and flowers

Lie within funeral bowers.

Roots and twigs

Vine their way deep

Into maggot brain earth.

Never does nature weep

For that which fertilzes,

Even when dark things creep,

And the nightcrawler terrorizes

In this grotesque garden of surprises.

First published on tristanrobertlange.com, January 21, 2026.

Tittu