Tulips vs Agaves

Tulips won’t grow amongst agaves
Nothing will grow amongst agaves.

But tulips were his favourites
so he climbed up high,
balanced on the stepladder
and painted one
on the wall.

It bled.
The agaves triumphed
after all.

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Future Perfect

They gathered round eagerly.
They’d heard great grandad’s tale
many times before,
but still they listened rapt.

He told of a time long, long ago
when a great great grandmother
had been squashed by a boot
her hard skeleton broken
her soft body splattered
on the sidewalk
killing her
stone dead.

They were so lucky to live in a time
when there were no boots,
no human feet inside them,
no human heads to hate them.

So lucky
to live in a time
when only love
and peace prevailed.

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Outside In

They didn’t know they were watched
as they placed the presents
carefully wrapped
in bright paper
in place beneath
the evergreen branches
decorated with shiny baubles.
Everything was ready now
in their house,
ready for Santa.
It was the last house
for Santa
for another year.
He raised his glass of sherry
and toasted his hard working elves
whilst the reindeers waited impatiently
nibbling the undecorated branches outside.

No one noticed the shadows they cast.

Lynn White lives in north Wales. Her work is influenced by issues of social justice and events, places and people she has known or imagined. She is especially interested in exploring the boundaries of dream, fantasy and reality. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net and a Rhysling Award. Find Lynn at: https://lynnwhitepoetry.blogspot.com and https://www.facebook.com/Lynn-White-Poetry-1603675983213077