over there

over there

 

 

 

pathetic little dandelion

cut down in adolescence

loud purr of the happy engine

destroying all in its path

even the greenest blades

anointed with a baptism of 

indiscretion

and all the while

the dead birds sing.

 

 

erin-cilberto

4/27/23

Reviews

[andrew mitchell]

Although classified as a weed here , they are apparently good for the lawn and good for you if you wish to eat them. I’ll stick to my regular veges.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, I would rather look at them, not eat them..ha ha
thanks, andrew,
j.

[willweb]

Those dead birds singing and an audience of cats smiling. I actually picked a blooming dandelion the other day instead of whacking it with a weedeater but I guess the same result, just not as harsh. : )

[jacob erin-cilberto]

picking, much kinder than whacking...
I think,
j.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear Jacob… dandelions are drops of sunshine that bring Joy to the Robins that prefer to be on the ground more than other Birds. Sunbeams fall where grass is grateful… your poem is a Eulogy to flowers mowed with no chance to dance. softly, Pat

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"no chance to dance" alas...we all need to have that chance. I am moving to Fleetwood Mac as I write this..."Tango in the Night"---
j.

[Chris Shaw]

I saw a lawn mower here destroying the hapoy smiling, yellow faces on the lawn. I love dandelions and daisies. Sone would find them a nuisance. I don’t. What a sensitive write. I imagine you looking through a window at the destruction.

Chris

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I always liked both as well...
we destroy nature over and over with our lawn mower.
Hey, that rhymed!
j.

[Chris Shaw]

I liked the rhyme. Sorry re my typos J.

[Lorry]

There once was an episode of tales of the unexpected, a Sunday early evening kind of twilight zone light, where a tree surgeon was driven to madness when he discovered trees, then plants and even grass screamed when cut.
I still think of it when gardening, while hoping I don't get sent to purgatory's naughty step for all my mass genocidal gardening.
Poor little dandelions 😊

[jacob erin-cilberto]

have you ever heard them scream? I have.
thank you, Lorry.
j.