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To My Replacements

To My Replacements

The birds prefer seven and then again at five
Sun flowers
A pile on each four by four
That’s right
Orange kitty eats on the rug near the door
(Dry, star shaped)
She’ll sleep on a chair in the dining room
If you have one
Then goes back out, after a while,
To her life

Now there’s Black n White and Fake Black n White
You can tell the difference by the look in their eyes,
and Fake Black n White has the spot

I feed them both, but one is SO wild

These trees
You’ll think they are messy but
See the blossoms,
As well as the seeds, and branches, and Spanish moss

I planted milk weed,
Floating wisps of seed
They are strong now

Do not assume that the citrus to the right of the fence is worthless
It was a Christmas tree once
Decorated
Crushed by a fence in a hurricane
Waiting two weeks for me
A tiny blossom on a branch
Of hope

I brought her here from Florida,
Near dead
See… the blossoms just beginning?
I know, she is no specimen.
Nothing your friends from the island will approve of

Squirrels … what can I say….

 

 

 

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