Poem 141 of 230:  IN A SMALL POT

(TUNE - IN THE KEY OF G MAJOR: 

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I like Acers
    But rent a flat,
So mimic one
    In a small pot:

As for starters,
    I made a plat
Of ivy run
    Out from one spot;

To this basis
    (All round the mat,
In a trunk-bun),
    Dirt - soaked a lot;

Without traces
    (Not got down pat),
A moss-lawn spun
    And short-ferns shot;

And, like Acers,
    Branches have sat -
Wirework done -
    Toward the pot;

Trimmed with scissors,
    This foliage-hat
Thrives in the sun
    Of my sill-plot.

(Whistle tune)

(C) David Franks 2003
From http://walkaboutsverse.blogspot.com