Gardeners Are Psychopaths

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Gardeners Are Psychopaths

Mark Pearce (c) 2009

 

 

       Gardeners are natural psychopaths.

 

       They love the beautiful butterfly

       While hating the infantile larvae.

 

       They cherish the out of doors

       While seeking to break it to their will.

 

       They love rabbits and turtles and squirrels

       As long as they’re on someone else’s patch.

 

       Tally reader.

       These are not simple preferences I’m recounting

       But a listing of traits underlying  

       Intense and intractable rage.

 

       Many beheadings have occurred because

       A strawberry looks just as good to a turtle

       As it does to the gardener of two minds.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[JC]

Hey now, don't be bagging on us gardners! (Although every word was true...LOL)

I actually plant to bring nature to my garden. I'm glad to share my strawberries.

Great write, fun to read, lots to think about.

JC