Hey you, the Everlasting Fool!

What are you doing?

Why are you not celebrating the

Joy of all Life, including your own,

Each and every moment?

Instead, there you are, riding

On top of your lawn mower,

Powered by an internal combustion engine,

Sputtering out loud obnoxious exhaust fumes,

Cluttering the atmosphere with 

More greenhouse gases,

For another wasted two hours.

All for that splendid lawn look?

Go pollinator wild, you fool!

Sit down outside, 

Savior a cup of tea,

Pet your loyal dog,

Watch the faeries hover,

The butterflies flutter.

Listen for the chirping birds,

The buzz of the bumbler,

All inside your lush garden.

Be a wild nature-child,

Dress and live like the 1830’s.

‘F’ the news, partisan politics,

and the celebrity worshiping culture.

Regain your awe and wonder,

As it was as a wee-toddler,

So to be a Tasha Tudor.

In this Play called Life, the

Real You unmasks itself,

at the Beginning, 

and at the End. 

Everything in between is just 

an Interlude of Confusion.

                               ~ D. W. Orr, 2023
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Blow up your TV,

Throw away your paper,

Go to the country,

Build you a home.

Plant a little garden,

Eat a lot of peaches,

Try an’ find Jesus,

On your own.

         ~ “Spanish Pipedream”, John Prine, 1971
      John PrineScreenshot
       John Prine (1946-2020)
       by Rick Helmes-Hayes
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D W Orr
Environmentalist, Weimaraner/Dachshund Companion, Photographer, and Poet-Provocateur
Harford County, Maryland,
Here, where it all began, 254 years ago, in the USA

August 2, 2023

Tasha TudorTasha Tudor (1915-2008): A children’s book author, illustrator, and naturalist. She was beloved by many for her love of flowers, trees, birds, and animals. Tasha Tudor (1915-2008): Children's book author, illustrator, and naturalist.
She was beloved by many for her love of flowers, trees, birds, and animals.
Image Credit: Unknown.
Where the Wild Ferns Grew
“Where the Wild Ferns Grew” by D. W. Orr - Lost and leveled by land developers in 2016.