I mowed the lawn <br />For over four years <br />Followed the perimeters <br />Skirted the cacti aware of being stuck <br /> <br />In one corner the javeline points <br />And fleshy limbs, in a circular design <br />Leaves like spreading fingers <br />Capture the moisture and sunlight <br /> <br />This plant dormant and unmoving <br />Is called Agave cactus <br />From limbo pushed out, rose up <br />I sighed with jealousy at such an erectus <br /> <br />Not only respect, gives rope and twine <br />And drink to overcome despair <br />Mescal and some spaces in between <br />Stands so proud in the sky <br /> <br />Alas I sigh for so many other cousins <br />That have faded and vanished<br /><br />shimon weinroth<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/twine-and-tequilla/
