Atropa Belladonna reencounter 2020

- ATROPA BELLADONNA REENCOUNTER 2020 -

When you finally meet after almost a year with the most beautiful dark lady of all time! Can't wait to see again her berries! 💜

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¡Cuando finalmente te reencuentras después de casi un año con la dama oscura más hermosa de todos los tiempos! ¡Me muero por ver de nuevo sus bayitas! 💜

*Atropa Belladonna in bloom

*How delightful to see you again!

"When the Deadly Nightshade flowers,

dreamy-eyed girls

open their lids

for their lovers;

Maenads fall upon men

dripping with dreams;

& children die

from the sweetest

of inky fruits.

Belladonna,

wine of the Bacchanals,

you are indeed the witch’s berry,

I look into your open eye & see

Dionysian orgies,

women in love with death,

dying with the widest

& brightest of eyes.

Have you no shame at all

Atropa belladonna?

The other herbs

pretend to be angelic,

but you freely play

the Devil’s part.

Dwaleberry, Sorcerer’s cherry,

Murderer’s berry—

your sweetness bursts

on the tongue,

the lungs relax,

& death comes

merely

from refusing

air."

Deadly Nightshade - Erica Jong

*Deadly Nightshade flower

*Wild Belladonna plants into the deep forest...

*Growing Atropa Belladonna

*Growing Deadly Nightshade

*Atropa Belladonna plants hidden in the heart of the forest...