<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567075" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ode to my dying Cactus (Rough Draft)</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh my most enduring cactus! <br>With more thorns than my years! <br>I shall water you for the last time<br>It shall be with my tears! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I recall the joy you gave us! <br>A representation of love’s endurance…<br>(And the ferocity it may bring) <br>I vividly remember, when my senile<br>Grandmother placed you by the<br>Light switch, and mother, In a fit<br>Of anger over some lost remote, <br>Or sheer grumpiness, smacked<br>What she thought was the switch! <br>She screamed so loud, you would<br>Think the claws of hell had impaled her heart! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And I remember the hours put into<br>Removing your teeth from her<br>Palm, consoling her, soothing her agony-<br>Yet we never blamed you, dear cactus! <br>Only ourselves.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You did not ask for much<br>(In fact, it didn’t look like you wanted much either) <br>Just a place to stand, a pot to grow in, <br>And a once and a while accidental high five- how do ya do? <br>You lived in front of numerous light switches<br>Slept often by the handle of the microwave<br>Even made your way into our bathroom once! <br>(I’d rather not speak of that one) <br>But ode to you, my dying cactus, <br>Ode to each and every thorn! <br>Ode to the memories you left us<br>For you depart at morn.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lazarus+Knix">Lazarus Knix</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=567075" data-title="Ode to my dying Cactus (Rough Draft) de Lazarus Knix" data-description="Oh my most enduring cactus! With more thorns than my years! I shall water you for the last time It shall be with my tears! I recall the joy you gave us! A representation of love’s endurance… (And the ferocity it may bring) I vividly reme..."></div> </div> </div>

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