DANCE THE PLUMBAGO













AMONG THE ZENIAS
AND MARIGOLDS
THE LILIES AND
DAISIES, POPPA WAS
CRAZY FOR THE
BLUE PLUMBAGO,
DANCING IN LIMBO
ON SPICY GREEN
STALKS, WE SNATCHED
IT ALONG OUR
EMERALD BAY WALKS,
WHAT CAN YOU SAY
ABOUT A GAME WITH
ROBIN HOOD AND
HIS MAID, FOUR
KIDS PLAYING ROLES
IN ANTIQUE POSES,
WITH MARION IN
A FROTHY BLUE DRESS
AND A HALO OF
PLUMBAGO TO
MATCH, SURELY
THE SOUL OF MY
FAVORITE CATCH,
FOR OFTEN IN
YEARS FORTHCOMING
THE FRAGRANT BLUE
FLOWERS ADORNED
MY VIEW, FROM CRYSTAL
COVE TO HOLLYWOOD,
AQUA VISTA, THE
MARRIAGE PAD,
ABOUNDING FLOWERS
AT THE HOME OF MY DAD,
THE RIVERS OF MILBANK
WERE FULL OF MUSIC
AND FERNS AND GARDENIAS
AND MORE GIANT
ZENIAS, BUT I ALWAYS
HAD A PLUMBAGO BLUE
FOR THE FAMILY ZOO,
SURROUNDING THE
FRAGRANT ROSES,
BEAUTIFUL POSES
WEDDINGS AND ENDS,
CHANGING OF GUARDS
AND LOST BOYFRIENDS,
I ONCE PUT A SLIVER
OF PLUMBAGO BLUE
INTO THE POCKET
OF A MAN THAT I KNEW,
AND WHAT DO YOU
KNOW, HE MARRIED ME,
OUT ON THE CLIFFS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
SO WHEN I WAS
LOOKING
FOR JUST THE RIGHT
PRIZE, A PLANT
FOR MY GARDEN
A WINK OF THE EYE,
WHAT SHOULD I FIND
AT THE VERY FIRST
GLANCE, YOU KNOW
THIS JUST HAPPENED
NOT EVEN BY CHANCE,
A BIG FAT GREEN BUSH
WAITING FOR ME,
TO CARRY IT HOME
AND PLANT CAREFULLY
FULL OF BLUE FLOWERS
ALL IN BLOOM, A SCENTED
REMINDER IN SPRINGLIKE
PERFUME, I DANCED
AROUND THE NEWEST
ADDITION, WHILE THE
BUCKS AND THE DOES
DID THEIR RUNNING
RENDITION, IT CAME
ALONG IN THE MATING
SEASON, DO YOU THINK
PERHAPS THERE IS
A REASON,
WE WILL DANCE
THE PLUMBAGO
AT MY TV PARTY,
THE GUESTS WILL
KICK UP THEIR HEELS,
AND EVERYONE PRESENT
AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT
ARE NOW BLESSED
WITH THE BLUE, AND
THAT INCLUDES YOU,
CELEBRATE MEMORIES
BRING THEM TO LIFE
CARRY THE LOVES
AND THE PASSIONATE
STRIFE, IT ALL COMES
TOGETHER IN THE WORLD
OF ROMANCE, SO
MAKE THE PLUMBAGO
YOUR FAVORITE DANCE!
 
 
©J.W. WINSLOW 11/1/14