City Girl

You are supposed to like trees,

Butterflies and birds and bees

And all the nasty bits of nature

In this pursuit, I am a failure.

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Morning birds annoy my ears

Ugly bugs bring me to tears

I will not hike or ride a bike

This being outside I cannot like.

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You say blue water calms your eyes;

so I don't mean to criticise

but I think grey is just as good

what's wrong with my neighbourhood?

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I am in love with concrete

And the asphalt underfeet

If it is green I do not want it

Please take me to a supermarket.

This poem, with one less verse, was originally published on my blog. I am migrating those of my poems that meet Vocal's word counts to here, but my limericks, haiku etc largely remain there.