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On Mowing the Lawn

By Cathy holmesPublished 12 months ago Updated 12 months ago 1 min read
Top Story - July 2023
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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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About the Creator

Cathy holmes

Canadian family girl with a recently discovered love for writing. Other loves include animals and sports.

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  • Olaf Thomas 11 months ago

    Beautiful lawn is my obsession

  • Sheila L. Chingwa11 months ago

    Nice TS! I loved the play of words.

  • Hannah Moore11 months ago

    Oh my poor lawn.

  • Mackenzie Davis11 months ago

    This is fantastic! Love the humor, the darkness, the rhymes. I'm happy it got TS! Such a fun read, Cathy!

  • Melissa Ingoldsby11 months ago

    So glad to see this as a top Story!! Yay 😄😁👏👏😁👊✨congrats!!

  • Dana Crandell11 months ago

    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!

  • Mariann Carroll11 months ago

    Congratulations Top Story 🥳🥳🥳🥳💃🏽

  • J. S. Wade11 months ago

    How did I miss this? I think I was stuck in Egypt! Wonderful poem Cathy. And a big congratulations! 🥰

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  • Dana Stewart11 months ago

    There it is! Congratulations on Top Story Cathy!

  • Naveedkk 11 months ago

    Congratulations on achieving top story status!

  • Congratulations on your Top Story🎉💖

  • D. ALEXANDRA PORTER11 months ago

    Congratulations on Top Story! 🥳 I enjoyed reading this.

  • Congratulations on your Top Story, well deserved Cathy

  • Paul Stewart11 months ago

    Oh yay! So very awesome. Congrats on Top Story for this, buddy!

  • Naomi Gold11 months ago

    Congrats, Cathy! 🥂

  • Absolutely brilliant! ❤ congratulations to TS

  • Gina C.11 months ago

    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.

  • Leslie Writes11 months ago

    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.

  • Colleen Millsteed 11 months ago

    Oh I just love your sense of humour girlfriend 😂

  • Gerald Holmes12 months ago

    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

  • Rachel Deeming12 months ago

    Excellent. Poor grass. I'm glad I don't do the mowing. My husband is a heartless fiend.

  • C. H. Richard12 months ago

    I will not look at cutting the grass the same way 😊♥️

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