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[JustAmy]

Vanishing Lady

Revealing my beauty
Is what I do best
Behold every petal
A rainbow at rest

Sweet grass does surround me
My temple seems safe
But not from the cruel ones
Who may seal my fate

The wind softly caresses
My petals so fine
I once was abundant
But I'm lost now in time

I hope I will be here
For your children to see
But I need your protection
Or I'll just cease to be

BY
~~~~ Karen Shaw Matteson ~~~~

[The Thin Man]

My Friend, The Carrot

by Ron Lunde

Look,
Pink's for noses, like my cat's,
Green's for leaves, or maybe parrots,
Brown's for cocoa or fruit bats,
And Orange's just the thing for carrots.

Bite,
A clean snap, molars chew,
Vegetable of hearty satisfaction.
Not like okra, ooh what goo,
Where teeth don't get no traction.

Chew,
Sometimes though, a bit of grit
Hit's filling, and you'll hurt
You'll grimace then, and out you'll spit,
A bit of carrot dirt.