by Krystal Greene

Created on: July 24, 2010

Lawn Wars

Modeled after Richard Wilbur's "Lilacs"

The grey heron hesitantly pecks

                                              at the hydrangea's voluptuous lime-

green, and pink petals.

                                            Phantom among the grey-blue

plumbago, the evil pecker edges closer

                                          with the eloquence of a blind duck,

until finally the fatuous bird

                                          feasts on the one bloom that would

have served as an apposite accent

                                         between the African painting and the Peyton

poster. What used to be the perfect

                                        bloom, now has the posture of a confused

Valley girl. To keep an even keel,

                                     I shooed the flower killer to the neighbor's

lawn, where I let it feast

                                  on her lemon tree, featured

in last month's Lakeland Magazine

                                   where a picture of her leaning

against her tree, forcing a Nanny Fran

                                  grin, was as believable as her fairy

tale story of her making home-made

                                  lemon pie.

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