poem of the day May 28 

I am just a cactus of the desert

living on a highway near LA

You drive by me every morning

and evening you go the other way

You often comment on my beauty

snap a picture of how beautiful I be

and then  go home to your well watered lawns

and post me on for all the world to see

You get many feel good like comments

How marvelous an indigenous plant must be

to thrive on the side of some old dusty ride

so close to the center of LA

but did you know

I can grow anywhere

in LA with very little care 

so plant me in your yard

for a world more naturally