A long, long time ago my daughter made me proud So, I went out to buy her something and this is what I found...
I found a little cactus It was small but Oh so cute! I gave it to her pleasingly with an "I’m Proud of You" card to boot Months went by and to my surprise, while returning the book I read... I noticed then the gift I gave was sideways under her bed!
So I took the sunken, withered thing and brought it on the porch I gave it water, gave in sunshine and showed it love so much!
The little cactus thrived again, at least a year went by... But then a certain someone must have kicked it over the side There it laid now out of it’s pot barely holding on... It sadden me so to see this again, thinking, I wished to cry...
I talked to it while replanting, saying "You poor little thing" and more "You have been through Hell and back!" while watering that shriveled boy Then it came, the day we moved I dug it out of the dirt Replanting at the edge of our walk For all to notice it’s worth!
I guess this cactus was meant to live but I can’t believe it did It seems this cactus was kicked around by everyone of my kids!
Another year, it was still here Alive and sorta well... I told my daughter , I’ve loved it more So, I’m keeping it’s life to tell And then we found another new house digging, I did again I kept it in a pot this time, hoping it will thrive and fend
It doesn’t look so great these days but taller, you can see it! But every guest that comes to visit says it looks like a wrinkled ~ Penis!
oh my goodness...this made me laugh so hard I nearly spewed my tea all over the computer....and I am still laughing as I type this note.
This is an exceptional narrative my friend.
ROFL! How very cleaver and such a cute and funny way to remind us that even short little prickly things have a right to be. LOL I remember my great aunts catus garden. It was my favorite place to go when I visited her. To save my life, although I have tried several times.........I can not make a catus survive to save my life. I think it just might be the watering thing. LOL Kudos to ya! Well done!!
B R A V A !!! Thought as soon as I saw the photo that except for
bein' so prickly. . .;). . . what a great sense of humor you have!
Obviously, a lot of us have cactus stories. My son gave me a tall
cactus that attacked me every time I got near. It started to lean, it peed thorns, but it grew and it grew. I finally got up the nerve to get rid of it, but I almost cried. Partly because my son gave it to me, but also because it was a Survivor. Ugly and nettlesome and determined as hell. Thanks, Luv!!! 'Pea' <3
WE have this CActus too.. I love it's prickly look Kimmy...
For you to write about it like this...
Kudos to you my dear!
YOu wrote this with such a flowwwww!
I enjoyed reading your humor in every line!
A Keeper!
OFF to the Vault it shall gooooooooooo...
Warm HuGs,Sheeeoxxo
Go read my - EAT them if YOU DARE - Have idea what I mean... hmmm...
If you have some FRee time~ I dropped in #2.
Ha, ha, ha...the title itself made me curious...catchy... I loved the write...I too gave something to my daughter because I was proud of something that she had completed...but after the fish I gave her died, and the rabbit I gave her died, I quit giving living things...I now give her a charm, or something to add to her scrap book, wish I would've read your poem before the fish and rabbit. Again, great write...
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
The cactus is hardy but it will not thrive if kicked around.
Reviewed by Victor Buhagiar (Reader)
Reviewed on November 16, 2006
That's a Notocactus Lenighausii, a beautiful cactus that produces large yellow flowers when mature. It should have some yellow hair coming out from between the thorns. It can be seen that it has been maltreated because it has a base bare of thorns and hair. Pity it's a lovely cactus, doesn't need water in winter, but plenty in summer. I used to have hundreds of cactii some years back. Still have but now I've lost interest. Victor
This is a delightful trip into the land of, "Words are more meaningful than objects." Your wise daughter didn't care to explain the gender of her cactus. I know people who would burn it in hell before they would say the word ! ! ! Full of good laughs. Thanks.
- Bill
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"Murder isn't usually this funny."
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Regis
This is an exceptional narrative my friend.
Brett
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Tina
bein' so prickly. . .;). . . what a great sense of humor you have!
Obviously, a lot of us have cactus stories. My son gave me a tall
cactus that attacked me every time I got near. It started to lean, it peed thorns, but it grew and it grew. I finally got up the nerve to get rid of it, but I almost cried. Partly because my son gave it to me, but also because it was a Survivor. Ugly and nettlesome and determined as hell. Thanks, Luv!!! 'Pea' <3
For you to write about it like this...
Kudos to you my dear!
YOu wrote this with such a flowwwww!
I enjoyed reading your humor in every line!
A Keeper!
OFF to the Vault it shall gooooooooooo...
Warm HuGs,Sheeeoxxo
Go read my - EAT them if YOU DARE - Have idea what I mean... hmmm...
If you have some FRee time~ I dropped in #2.
Love,
CJ
Safi
hilarious poem ...
Blessings,
Joyce Bowling
I too talk to plants before planting and while caring for them this is humerous but also endearing.
Thank you,
Joselyn
Seriously, give it up.
ET
Leave it to Andy to come up with that.
"The Penis Cactus"
Well thank goodness you took care of it~
You rescued it~have to agree with Andy below.
Take care, and this is sort of funny too!
From the Heart of an Artist Quiet Storm
love Tinky :)))))
- Bill
Wendi
Rusty