Hardly a Bouquet

John G. Young, M.D.

In her winters she

feared to prune

the dead wood away,

In her summers

she left the blooms

stemmed to decay.

She couldn't cut

them off nor

give them away.

She said she felt

better that way,

but her growth was stunted

and her blossoms few,

hardly what you

would call a bouquet.

 

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