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I Am a Dandelion

Why would I want to be a flower when I can smell as sweet? Why would I want to be an ephemeral spectacle when I can be an eternal bloom with love within? Why would I want to wilt and wither and bite the dust? But if I have to, I'll be a DANDELION! Invincible, unconstrained, conspiring with the wind to spread my domain of golden-yellow flowery quilt over the lawns and the meadows as far as the eyes can see. Slighted, ignored, untended, I still flourish unabashed, Teasing, mocking playfully-- An unrelenting pain in the butt! Flower: Dandelion = Lion's tooth "Picture yourself as a flower" contest by Andrea Dietrich

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 5/9/2015 8:12:00 PM

good one. Linda

Skat A

Date: 5/9/2015 6:18:00 PM

Sweet one. Congratulations. :) SKAT

Kim Merryman

Date: 5/9/2015 4:25:00 PM

Abdul, congrats on your win with this light-hearted poem! I enjoyed it. Love, Kim

Casarah Nance

Date: 5/9/2015 3:26:00 PM

Back again to grats your win, a terrific and devious write :-) hugss

Abdul Malik
Date: 5/10/2015 12:11:00 PM

Thanks again.

Darlene Gifford

Date: 5/9/2015 11:50:00 AM

I couldn't help smiling at your last line, Abdul. Could that "pain in the butt" remark be caused by a lion's tooth! Congratulations on your top win..Darlene

Darlene Gifford
Date: 5/10/2015 3:45:00 PM

Exactly!!!

Abdul Malik
Date: 5/10/2015 12:11:00 PM

The last line gets you, eh? That's the bottom end of the poem!