Houseplants are foster children
I have purchased none of them
Arriving hearing my apologies
Unwanted gifts to be kept alive
Holding that all things green
Belong outdoors where God planted
Them on one of those seven days
My yard holds nothing premeditated
Almost with regret I water the
Five-foot avocado casually grown
On a whim after a spicy dinner
With guacamole chips and Margaritas
Opposed to the death penalty
Committed to sustaining existing
Life here in my home I must water
Or commit homicide risking court
I love the wry tone of this and smiled all the way through reading it! To be a reluctant gardener of such a brute of a plant – which was so casually grown on a ‘whim’ – no doubt after all those Margaritas? Brilliant!
Thank You !! and after guacamole !!
Which reminds me I should go water my plants. Especially that one with the yellowing leaf I noticed this morning.
Lol … snip it! If you’re yellow, you’re outta here.