Kudzu

You were quick growing emerald green

With all the looks of a lovely thing

But your roots were poison

Stretching 10 feet deep

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Tendrils weaving,

Clinging, clutching,

Never allowing any flora

To flourish where you’re touching

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structural parasite

You’re no stranger to decay

You feast upon the helpless plants

That end up in your way

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partnered with putrescence

Helping you grow in the poor dark places

You smother everything that grows

Only pruned back by physical severations

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You only know how to grow over others

So you will never bloom

Taking is your forte

You’re built to use and to consume

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Emerald Green, unlovely thing

With twisted mind and deceitful mouth

Semi-woody herbage

Consumes the beauty of the south