Philosophy Wire: Wise lilies…

Botanists have discovered the oldest, completely preserved lily in a research collection: Cratolirion bognerianum was found in calcareous sediments of a former freshwater lake in Crato in northeastern Brazil. With an age of about 115 million years, Cratolirion is one of the oldest known monocotyledonous plants. These include orchids, sweet grasses, lilies and lilies of the valley. [1] Ephemeral lilies. Eternal men. Always seeking death. Always lusting for life. Preserved into everything. Giving birth to nothing but death. Proud lilies. You tried to warn me. Not when you were blossoming in perfection. But when you died in the dirt. For only in the shiny agony of death can life be known. Ephemeral men. Proud eternal lilies. Sorry for not listening to you…

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