A Free Verse Poem
Dip a finger in the dirt
to see if the plant needs more water.
Lick the loam from the nail,
enjoy the brackish flavor.
It doesn’t taste as good as coffee
but only just.
a thing of beauty grows in that soil,
constantly reaching toward the light,
not rotated frequently enough,
or maybe there just isn’t enough light available,
so it has to reach.
The dirt seems moist enough for now,
but it will need to be monitored again tomorrow.
The Yellow Brick Ave 
Stick with it, Joy. (Not much of a mulch-eater myself, but, umm…good for you).
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Yeah, it’s kind of a don’t do as I say or as I do situation.
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Too bad the plants can’t have coffee.
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That would certainly make their soil taste interesting
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Some people use coffee grounds in their compost. Maybe not a bad idea. I wonder if plants get coffee jitters lol.
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lol. Wonder what that would even look like.
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I’m trying to imagine 😂
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Well written!
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Thank you!
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Well written!
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