NaPM April 17 2015

[cidermaid]

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 that change 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.

I love dandylions.    My drive is full of cheerful lollipops  - great description.   You just need to embrace the dandylions and get over this pointless fight with them ><