(Found this poem on my computer from last year)
I’m trying to get some work done
Only to be interrupted by
Bunny rabbits in my yard
First a little brown wild one
Then a big fat white one
Looks like it was someone’s pet
Then as I try to set up my computer
Song sparrows in the front yard and
Spotted Towhees in the back
How am I to get any work done today?
My yard is in sore need of attention
I managed to convince my 9 year old grandson
Mowing the lawn would be fun.
With a push mower of course
It was fun until he got distracted with something else
So I took over and finished it up
His little brother helped me pull some
Grass out of the flower bed
I’ve all but given up on planting
Any vegetables anymore
My yard is too damp and shady
Not enough sunlight gets through
The slugs and perhaps rabbits
Managed to chew enough of everything
Last time I planted vegetables
There wasn’t anything much left over
And tomatoes never ripen – ever
Even in my windows.
The only things that survived
Were the herbs
I’ll stick with them
and the flowers for now
Especially the hardy types
Oh and the sweet, tiny
Strawberries as well.
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