Tall Poppies, Cactus Flowers and a Girl Not Called Betty

“Tall Poppies, Cactus Flowers and a Girl Not Called Betty” All the Flamingos were called Betty on a crowded beach somewhere Well heeled stuck in the quick sands of time heads held high like Tall poppies waving, long stemmed they are tightly furled pale pink peonies and thorny cactus flowers the softer velvet petalled man eating flowers silently watch on humming tunes wetting their long musk scented tongues to catch buzzing bees and bragging blue bottled stinging horse flies snapdragons wrapped up in faux violent violet erroneous blue disguise languidly caress memories where the deeper shade of lurid fuchsia open their moistened crowns sweet honey traps dripping with potential unfurl their arms seductively reaching out strung on legs that travel all the way up a nowhere road consider stopping for a while shedding petalled layers amusement winks silkily bending over in the breeze the feline tiger lily looks aroused while the glowing dandelion a will-o'-the-wisp, walks on water across the green laureate laurels and through the pristine poetry blooms blowing away the dark dreary clouds to touch your shores where you sit smiling naked and salty toes dangling for sharks off some shady pontoon casting the fishing line into the ponderous light dreaming of the long held dance somewhere untouched under Blue Sky Summer's dreaming reeling Winter back into Spring Romancing he rolls his eyes she grins (LadyLabyrinth / 2021) "Watermelon Sugar" / Harry Styles https://youtu.be/7-x3uD5z1bQ "Well I had a dream and in it I went to a little town And all the girls in town were named Betty. And they were singing: ..." dance? "Smoke Rings" / Laurie Anderson https://youtu.be/Pdoj-w8xn1g LYRICS / https://genius.com/Laurie-anderson-smoke-rings-lyrics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will-o%27-the-wisp