TIME TO PACK IT IN…!
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Chrysanthemums were ragged,
The cabbage turning slaw,
When I came back for my shift
There were none left at all…
Landscapers had pulled up
Every single plant,…
But for the trees and bushes
The flora left was scant!
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Stop talking with your neighbor
And I’ll tell you the rest,
They worked the soil adding things
As the edge footprints attest…
Preparing for the winter
Is nowhere a sin,
You have to cut your losses—
It’s time to pack it in!!!!
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Most gardeners would leave them
Overwintering in place,
But at corporate headquarters
Messy gardens lose face…
Things neat and tidy–
The corporation creed,
So they clear out gardens that
Their P.R. work succeeds!
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–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 