Scarecrow

Scarecrow You'll find me in paddy fields and gardens; even on front porches. I'm a decoy, as lonely as can be. I look frozen in time, mimicking Jesus crucified on the cross, but I swear I mean no disrespect, you religious zealots! Blame farmers and gardeners! They make me look this way! They live to humiliate me; dressing me up like a ragamuffin, stuffing straw inside my coveralls, placing a dumb-looking hat atop my head; you name it! Yes, I know I look ridiculous. I wish I'd put my perennially outstretched arms down. Don't be scared of me, kids, I speak no evil I don't speak at all, and I do not harm anything that breathes air Yet you humans choose to avoid me like the plague but come Halloween, you all love me for just a day! Go figure. Yeah, I see some of you staring at me, chuckling; whispering amongst yourselves about me having no brain in the "Wizard of Oz" movie. In my defense, It was a misrepresentation! I don't speak, but I'm not that dumb! I know how to do my thankless job and do it well. I scare off all the birds that peck at newly cast seeds of growing crops, don't I? Not so brainless now, am I? Date written: 05/15/2020