lavender

 I tried stealing lavender once.

It was growing in clumps in front of the Mall.

I ended up there early and underprepared.

I threw myself into a battle with the self-willed plant.

and being quite willful myself I unavoidably fell.

A pair of hands came to my help and a pair of garden scissors 

 handled incredibly well.

I stood there in a doltish zombie-like pose,

while this guy cut through the stems all so swell. 

He gave me a whole bunch of lavender flowers.

I remember the carefree head I was carrying around. 

Same day, I broke a toe.

 The stubborn lavender,

my felony act,

a gulp of fresh morning air

and a little bone cracked...

the waiting for plaster!

 The dawn of a frantic day, 

I was so unaware.

A day, that started corny in fact.

09.08.21