04-19-2015, 12:47 AM
Invaders
Broad-leaf weeds, the package says,
kills on contact and up to 90 days.
but they still grow, the dandelions
breaking up my perfect green lawn
like cheerful lollipops or spatterings
of yellow paint changing my landscape
into an attempt at impressionism. I mow
and mow and try to catch them
before they send their seedlings
like an alien world trying to populate
the galaxy in a science fiction movie.
They bring the children
to my yard to test their love for butter
or compare popping their heads
to the ease of decapitating babies.
Broad-leaf weeds, the package says,
kills on contact and up to 90 days.
but they still grow, the dandelions
breaking up my perfect green lawn
like cheerful lollipops or spatterings
of yellow paint changing my landscape
into an attempt at impressionism. I mow
and mow and try to catch them
before they send their seedlings
like an alien world trying to populate
the galaxy in a science fiction movie.
They bring the children
to my yard to test their love for butter
or compare popping their heads
to the ease of decapitating babies.