Watching the Word Parade

Words parade around the meadow and up a tree I can barely believe that is where the adjectives went I thought they would stay down here with the nouns Verbs began leaping off of the flowers Landing, falling, rolling, laughing, cavorting. The adverbs were persnickety and irritated. We cannot keep up with them they said loudly, angrily, and irritably. I rolled my eyes, watching it all unfold wondering how I would gather up the prepositions and begin the story. I knew they would be hiding under,the roses, over the cobwebs, around the lilacs, and above the trees.