Laud The Wild Ones

A Three part Vignette

 

 

 

 

Vignette I

 

Beneath summer skies flowers bloom

In my untamed garden

Goldenrods nod saffron heads

Among the wild black-eyed susans

Making room for dandelions

Smiling at the sun

 

Vignette II ( Rondelet)

 

Laud the wild ones!

Resisting form and narrow thought

Laud the wild ones!

Emancipators felled by guns

Reformers and the change they sought

Disputing dogmas "old school" taught

Laud the wild ones!

 

 Vignette III (Four part Dialogue: "An Act of Suspense," Act Two, Scene Three )

 

“D****t Susan, look at all that goddamn junk filling up your yard! Just look at it! You were always wild as a child and now you're no better. You call yourself an artist but you’re full of s**t! Girl, it’s high time you give up them stupid dreams."

 

”Those are sculptures ma, and that's my wild garden," Susan answered, feeling both shoulders sag just a little.

 

“It just looks like crap to me,” sneered the older woman irritably, lighting up a Camel and taking a slow drag. “Just a useless bunch of rusting crap and a bunch of plain old ugly weeds!”

 

“Those blossoms cheer me up,” Susan insisted, rubbing eyes that stung from the acrid words and smoke. Damn, she promised herself that this time she wouldn't cry. Biting down hard on her trembling lips she stood up a little straighter because she knew crying never changed a thing. “ I call them my little suns ma, each dandelion you despise makes me smile. They seem so happy... footloose and carefree and those black-eyed susans swaying in the wind, well ma, they almost look like me! And see that lovely goldenrod? Well she’s another blonde a long, long way from the city .... gee mom, when are you ever gonna start believing in me?"

Reviews

[C. Rose]

I enjoyed the wild garden theme.

My favorite vignette is the first one, especially "smiling at the sun" and "nod saffron heads"

Thank you for sharing :)