with a lovers eye
nothing there but holding water
unlike her prickly daughter
whose father starves them both
with his untimely wrath
restraining order not withstanding
molesting their daughter on the landing
he took a hammer to the green house
said it was unnatural
to love plants more than people
in the shards she found
the strength to love
put her daughter back together
best she could and left the rest
to shelter and desert air
© shaun patrick green 2013
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