Writing Club
March
21,2017
Prompt: “The
garden was overgrown now.”
Time
Allotted: 10 minutes -This was a quick one. Better write what comes to mind ASAP!
Here's what I got:
Perennials
gone wild amid the greens and silver grasses.
Spreading tendrils into little knots among the monocots, vine over vine,
crisscrossing the hillside, covering all the sins of the fields. Cross pollination. Contamination after a sprinkling of tiny
invaders. A jugger-knotted jungle impossible to differentiate where the deep
brown scars ran long and deep. A
definite ankle twisting trap for the unassuming hiker hoping to head off over
the southern trail. Speedy periwinkle in
deep green choking out half the grapevine meandering along the split rail. Pumpkin vines, with heavy fruits sagging,
scrambling up over everlasting sweet peas and growling tiger lilies for top
tier sunshine. Seed casings sprang open
to the four winds. Their
scaffolding, a rusted-out co-op truck laid to rest one unlucky early spring day
after some freak freezing rain.
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