BIRTHDAY FLOWERS

        Wildflowers he picked

		  That lasted far beyond a hybrid

		Rose bought by bourgeois 

		  Hands and mind too filled

		With rapid pace

		  To stroll through damp fields

		And select Queen Ann's Lace

		  A few Black-Eyed-Susan's

		Or strong tall Iron Weed

		  That drink to each other

		In a crystal wine vase.

By: Suzzanne © 1996

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