the flower poem

she sends you a poem
that she
wrote on the back
of her grocery list.
it's about flowers.
how fragrant they are.
the colors.
how they grow and
grow.
she talks about
the bees too, and what
they do with
flowers.
she mentions a lawn
mower that ran over
a flower bed
after they had all
bloomed.
you turn the poem
over. this is much
better. more
interesting.
milk, cereal,
detergent.
chicken breasts.
marshmallows
and bread.