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Date Posted: 12:36:53 04/27/01 Fri
Author: WindWalker
Subject: RESILIENCE OF WEEDS

RESILIENCE OF WEEDS

A man stares
as weeds take over his lawn,
choking out costly blades of grass.
In panic
he runs to the local garden shop,
to buy the latest, most daring
weed killers
to destroy the annoying growth
but like every other manmade thing
the chemicals take care of cat and dog
but not the intended victims:
the weeds get high
on their toxic food,
multiplying faster then before.

Horrified,
fearing they might invade the house,
he rototills the lawn;
lays down plastic and mulch
to cover the soil
then laughs out loud as he declares
the weeds officially eliminated!
He barely finishes his second beer
before the first blade breaks through his defences
the spears of grass stronger than ever.

Terrified,
he packs and moves away,
to a house boat on a quiet lake.
Ah, says he, no more pesky weeds to fight!
Just then he makes a gruesome discovery:
on the side of the boat, milfoil!
already it reaches over the sides
pulling the boat down
to the murky deep!

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Re: RESILIENCE OF WEEDS -- Flying Colors, 14:08:58 04/29/01 Sun