A New Perspective
On Mowing the Lawn
Swaying together in light, gentle breeze.
Choreographed forever as one.
An ethereal dance, sashaying with ease,
While soaking up rays of the sun.
*
Clad in a velvet drape of emerald,
The richest of colours, behold.
Oblivious to their lives imperiled,
Till the sound of the mower takes hold.
*
Hark, what’s that noise? The growl of the beast.
A foul, pungent stench fills the air.
Here comes the villain with sharp blades unleashed,
And the scoundrel with sweat in his hair
*
The roar ever louder, they watch it approach,
The terror of impending doom.
Moment by moment, the last plot encroached,
Their bodies, the beast will consume.
*
Hide as they may, they cannot escape,
The brute with its blades on their skin
The scent of their lifeblood, that stench will replace,
Their screams ringing out in the wind.
*
Their elegant dance, a bumbling panic,
Now that they’ve all lost their heads.
Frantically flailing, their tiny trunks manic
Aware that quite soon they’ll be dead.
*
So, next time you gas up the beast for to mow,
Then hide behind it, like a weak dastard.
Just think of how much your poor lawn might know,
You murdering, heartless, sick bastard.
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Cathy holmes
Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.
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Beautiful lawn is my obsession
Nice TS! I loved the play of words.
Oh my poor lawn.
This is fantastic! Love the humor, the darkness, the rhymes. I'm happy it got TS! Such a fun read, Cathy!
So glad to see this as a top Story!! Yay 😄😁👏👏😁👊✨congrats!!
Well, I don't know why I haven't seen this one before, but I'm never mowing again! That ending was a riot, my friend! Well done, and congratulations!
Congratulations Top Story 🥳🥳🥳🥳💃🏽
How did I miss this? I think I was stuck in Egypt! Wonderful poem Cathy. And a big congratulations! 🥰
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There it is! Congratulations on Top Story Cathy!
Congratulations on achieving top story status!
Congratulations on your Top Story🎉💖
Congratulations on Top Story! 🥳 I enjoyed reading this.
Congratulations on your Top Story, well deserved Cathy
Oh yay! So very awesome. Congrats on Top Story for this, buddy!
Congrats, Cathy! 🥂
Absolutely brilliant! ❤ congratulations to TS
Oh my! This poem is divine, Cathy. I love how it started off so sweet and grew into something completely different!! "An ethereal dance, sashaying with ease," was so gorgeous to me. Amazing piece of work! 😍
Offering an entirely different slant to the "Blade" series.
Interesting new perspective LOL I hate mowing the lawn because I'm allergic. Now I can just pretend it's because I'm a pacifist! Love the poem.
Oh I just love your sense of humour girlfriend 😂
Lol!!! Great fun.
I mow my lawn but it now contains a lot more than grass and it is going remarkably well. Great Green Words
Excellent. Poor grass. I'm glad I don't do the mowing. My husband is a heartless fiend.
I will not look at cutting the grass the same way 😊♥️