at the top of the hill
Back in May, three seeds were delivered in an envelope to everyone in the neighbourhood with a note attached
THESE SEEDS HAVE BEEN DONATED BY THE LOCAL PLANT SHOP
ON 14TH SPETMBER THERE WILL BE A SUNFLOWER COMPETITION AT THE TOP OF THE HILL
THE PRIZE-WINNING CATEGORIES WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
BRIGHTEST SUNFLOWER
BIGGEST SUNFLOWER
BEST-DRESSED SUNFLOWER
MOST MELANCHOLY SUNFLOWER
I sowed these and as many other sunflower seeds as I could find. This last month sunflowers have been blooming and fading and the house is now surrounded by crusty vegetable shower heads. Of the seeds that arrived through the letterbox two survived, on Friday they bloomed huge and tall and beautiful and leaning on each other for support - I didn't have the heart to chop the biggest away so I just took the thought of my flowers up the hill.
We brought food and there were sack races and racing toy cars and a tug o war. A flower in a purple wig won the best-dressed section and a man came round the corner pushing a wheelbarrow overflowing with a stalk the size of a lap-dancing pole, his two children carried a decaying flower which was bigger than their two heads combined
Shuntaro Tanikawa.
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When I lived in Michigan, there were many large fields of sunflowers. Driving by in the morning, they all would be pointing one way and pointing another at the end of the day. They reminded me of space aliens, just biding their time.
ReplyDeleteI think of zombies when I see them all standing and drying out in the fields
DeleteAh love all we have is a meth house awaiting destruction. I want to dress it in a purple wig. And maybe some new teeth. And white go-go boots.
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The purple wig also had cool shades - cool shades work for any situation xx
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