water

i snatch flowers from the garden.
yank you from your rooted feet.
chop your stringy legs from your spine.

your blood seeps green.

i drown you in a cylinder of water
and like an ogre i watch you die.

your pretty fragile heads
your rainbow of colored hair
droops low as the days go by.

death takes you slow but steady.
i slaughter you for some fragrant
color on my dead treed table.

your legs buckle but i am always weak in the knees.

mere mortals lie down.
giants rise to the challenge.
tears from heaven fall.

kindness the answer.
ask any question in mind.
there is the answer.

green apron gives food.
hoping i’ll leave to the street.
cold shoulder siren.

it’s the little things.
the smiles and the soft kind words
that warm on dark nights.

needles for your health.
smiling white coat with cold hands.
the needle bites hard.