Tuesday, March 13, 2012

One thing I forget every year

I*m sure there are other things I forget, but I forget now what they are.

Every year I forget that daffodils
Can only live with other daffodils.
There is a reason they are not sold
With other flowers.
If I were a florist
This would be as obvious
As worms on the sidewalk
After a rain.
Every year I forget
Because they are only sold
With other daffodils.
My house is filled with yellow
In every vase.
Every florist knows
Daffodils poison the water
For other flowers.
If I were a florist
This would be as obvious
As the fact
Salt shrivels garden slugs.
Every year I forget
Yellow in every vase
Daffodils in every vase
All by themselves
Daffodils fill
Every vase.

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