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How could you possible know you have captured two of my favorites in life? Plants and poetry. As I write this, I hear the gentle click click click of the sprinkler at the edge of my yard, knowing well the plants thirst for more than they will receive on this warm night.

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Beautiful 🧡 and achingly august!

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The helpless flowers

who put their only trust in you

are all now corpses

😂

Excellent poem, Anna!

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I am a stone cold killer.

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The rose that grew from concrete

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As a gardener, this resonates for me. Someone once said that the garden in fall is a "ruined cottage." In August, it's certainly on its way.

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I love that metaphor!

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Aah, a poem picture. I bet that guy across the alley that you wrote about last week would have watered for you.

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Rob! Yes, he would have.

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