“My Beautiful Weed” by sillygrandpa.com

Posted on April 22, 2024
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One spring I decided to plant some seed

My garden was flowerless and in great need

As they began to bloom I gave extra feed

But they were outshone by one glorious weed

The reddest red and the greenest green

The most beautiful plant I’d ever seen

That weed made my flowers look sick

It’s lush petals were long and thick

Even the bees and birds came to see

How lovely this weed had come to be

Then all of my neighbors stopped by and took note

And the garden editor of the newspaper wrote

“The most wondrous of horticulture indeed!”

She also asked me to save her some seed

And the man from the nursery was a visitor

He turned out to be a vociferous inquisitor

I watered and fed, kept the surround of it clear

It grew more handsome as the Autumn drew near

The flowers all wilted and grew ugly and brown

But my beautiful weed just stood its ground

Then it finally happened on the first night of frost

By the next morning my weed’s beauty was lost

It never did bloom in my garden again

And I miss my weed like I’d miss a friend

But my newest garden is flowered and lively

With a lush green crop of poison ivy

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