Flowers For Grandma
Botanical Tragedy: Unveiling the Dark Secrets of Grandma's Garden
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They'd capture live pulsating plants
Live pulsating plants were collected.
And put them by her bed
Placed beside her bed.
She loved to feel, caress and touch
She enjoyed touching and feeling the plants.
She claimed they heard each word she said
Believed the plants responded to her words.
She'd watch them writhing in their pots
Observed the plants moving in their pots.
She'd watch, and they'd watch too
She and the plants shared a mutual observation.
Their tentative long writhing stalks
Describes the long, tentative, moving stems of the plants.
That tried to leave their bedside zoo
The stems attempted to escape their confined space.
If only she could understand
If she understood the potential danger.
She would not be so keen
She might not be as enthusiastic about them.
That plants and flowers
Plants and flowers, though appearing alive, can be harmful.
Looked alive can turn out very mean
Highlighting the potential dangers of seemingly living plants.
And then one silent summers day
One day, she was found dead.
They found her lying dead
She was discovered lifeless during a quiet summer day.
With a large geranium's pale green stalk
A geranium's stalk was found near her head.
Lying gently round her head
The plant seemed to be connected to her death.
Her relatives soon gathered around
Family members gathered after her demise.
Her uncles and her aunts
Uncles and aunts came to mourn.
To see the only woman that
She became the only person known to be killed by plants.
Was murdered by her plants
Emphasizing the unusual nature of her death.
They buried her amidst the tune
Her burial accompanied by summer showers.
Of weeping summer showers
Children visited her grave adorned with dead flowers.
And children came to view her tomb
Observing her tomb became a somber attraction.
And on it put dead flowers
Dead flowers were left as a symbol of remembrance.
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