Between two fences
once sprouted a little weed
no one thought much of it
no one looked at it twice
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A stern warning - take action or don't complain later of the consequences. This has the fable-like quality of some of your earlier poem like my personal favoirite Chantelfleurie
Niki, this is a wonderful poem. I especially like how you summed it up at the end: So you see... the belief that if you ignore it, it'll go away - is false like racism, like domestic abuse the issue only gets bigger growing like a weed unchecked
I knew I had read this poem before. I liked it just as much the second time.