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So who gets to decide
what's a weed and
what's not
weeds are viewed as vermin
flowers are viewed as decoration
weeds grow everywhere
and anywhere
in a real time
game of survival
flowers can too but
most don't want
to work that hard
they want
potting soil
scheduled watering
monitoring
pruning
fertilizing
insect control
admiring
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meanwhile...
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the weeds are over there like
the third monkey
on Noah's ramp
hot or cold
flood or drought
growing
adapting
thriving
enduring
learning your mower
blade height
so they can pop out flowers
a half inch lower
little yard ninjas
decorating my yard
voluntarily
never asking for anything
pollen for the taking
when I see a weed
I can identify
being
enduring
adapting
not a fancy flower
with fancy anything
no demands
no requests
simple
a survivor.
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Colleen Walters
Just a girl who likes to write poems, usually inspired by events and people in my Florida life.. Always be you, because you are awesome. You matter. You are enough. โค๏ธ
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan7 days ago in Beat
Comments (2)
Yes, I agree with Dhar!
Oooo, the weed being the third monkey, I especially loved that! Beautiful poem!