Saturday, April 19, 2008

Barbarians on the Lawn


Dandelion (Taraxacum sp.)

Little stars of golden fluff
Burst sudden on the lawn;
Ripen to an airy puff;
Blow at them—and they’re gone!

Monotony of turf grass
No longer greenly chaste.
Dandelion, divinely crass,
The triumph of bad taste!

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