Zinnia
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
Jeremy and Cornelius
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
There are two spiders living on my rose bush now. I’ve named them Jeremy and Cornelius.
Oh… you think THAT is weird? Well, what would you name the spiders living on YOUR rose bush? Don’t even say Charlotte and Wilbur! What? You don’t have a rose bush?? Ahhh… there’s the root of the matter!
Jeremy was the first to take up residence on the rose. That’s why he’s named Jeremy. Cornelius moved in just over the past few days. That’s NOT why he’s named Cornelius. There are other reasons for his name, which I won’t get into here, seeing as YOU don’t have a rose bush and wouldn’t understand.
My apologies to those of you who DO have rose bushes.
Do you have spiders too??
PRESIDENTS
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
PRESIDENTS
Kneeling roses disappearing into
Moses’ dry mouth
Breaking into Fort Knox stealing
Our intentions
Hangers sitting dripped in oil
Crying freedom
Handed to obsoletion
Still you feed us lies from the tableclothEverybody’s going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshine
Everybody’s going to the party
Have a real good time
Dancing in the desert, blowing up the sunshineBlast off!
It’s party time
And we don’t live in a fascist nation
Blast off!
It’s party time
And where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?
Where the fuck are you?
Why don’t presidents fight the war?
Why do they always send the poor?From “B.Y.O.B.” by System of a Down
Watching Things Grow
(Originally posted on the website Heron Flight)
Arissa wins.
Her sunflowers were the first seedlings to sprout.
My zinnias and love-lies-bleeding came in for a close second and third.
One of the simple, basic joys of human existence is watching things grow.