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Poetry
my sister
By arrowsmith10
12 August 2006
this poem actually started off as a joke, my old adv english teacher gave us a stimulus to get us started, liken someone to an object eg my dad the garden shed, so for a joke i said my sister the perenial weed... and it just blossomed from there pardon the pun =)

My sister - The perennial weed

The perennial weed.
The perpetual irritant of the immaculate flowerbed.
You can’t get rid of it,
No matter how hard you try
It keeps coming back.
Lying dormant,
Often attractive.
A tyrant in disguise
Lurking among the beautiful flowers
Waiting to catch you unaware.
Waiting to wreak havoc.
One weed to ruin the garden.
But what would the world be like
If we had no perennial weeds?
No wild untamed beauty
T o make us smile…
And no little sisters.

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Written by Leo (573 comments posted) 12th August 2006
i've haven't got a sister, but i seriously get the 'weed' thing! 
 
nice piece of writing!
i love it!
Written by isobel* (26 comments posted) 3rd September 2006
i love this - beautifully written, and a nice metaphor:) 
i particularly like the second line.

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