The Black Net

A flower began growing in my garden
It made me shudder
For the old woman next door might see it

When she wasn’t around

I took to my garden

And plucked the wretched thing

The next morn I noticed it bloom again

I cried out and ran out to pluck it

But it would not do

The roots were deep

And so I had to uproot the whole plant

I dug down deep and rooted it all out

A month passed and then two

Another cursed plant popped out

And threatened to spring forth

Fed up and frustrated

I went out and shot the damn thing

Then I mowed over the whole area

I covered over the plants

With a black net I found

Then rocks and boulders

I covered it all

Till surely no plant would grow

And no one would ever know