DANDELION DAY
Winter won't last long
or are some of us dreaming
time doesn't exist
Hills as high as kites
higher ones to spring up soon
buildings that scrape skies
Figuring things out
rain won't wash away the pain
or clean greenhouse gas
and the wellingtons they chuck
at the great unwashed masses
Seasons come and go
summer seems like forever
dandelion day
They talk in whispers
about the awakening
like we're all asleep
but they've got what we've not got
they've got rakes shovels and spades
Heads up in the clouds
no one knows if they will fall
from their mountain high
Pick and mix the past
they shout it from the rooftops
of the mock-tail bar
shake up the unenlightened
no future like the present
Nothing inside us
can cleanse us now it's too late
everything is wrong
Time does it exist
or are some of us dreaming
winter won't last long
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Andy Sewina
ReplyDeleteDandelion Day is celebrated on April 5th. Dandelions are a perennial plant with many uses, including food and medicine. The name comes from the French phrase dent de lion, which means "lion's tooth".