I didn't think of death

I didn't think of death when I bought my death's head ring

--just the smuggler's secret grave and tombstone came to
mind,
Skull & Crossbones, in the South of England

and the smiling salesgirl,
with high cheekbones
and trumpets of inflorescence in her lap.
Her name was
Bindweed

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