Green Sacrifice
She lays offerings before me,
Freshly torn stems
I’ve asked her countless times to leave whole
In a vain attempt to defend my dying garden,
Marigolds and daisies and alyssum sprigs
Crying out to me from the guillotine fingers
Of my tittering elfin creature
Who displays her undying fancy
In these small, wild gestures
Of green sacrifice.
Freshly torn stems
I’ve asked her countless times to leave whole
In a vain attempt to defend my dying garden,
Marigolds and daisies and alyssum sprigs
Crying out to me from the guillotine fingers
Of my tittering elfin creature
Who displays her undying fancy
In these small, wild gestures
Of green sacrifice.
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