TROPIC LOVE




  • Gardening in the Tropics you hear poetry
  • in some unexpected places. Sitting on my
  • verandah last night I overheard two people
  • passing by. The woman said:
    1. You don't bring me flowers anymore
    2. – or anything for the children.
    3. My heart has turned to stone
    4. but I cannot put that in the pot.
    5. Love me and my family or leave me
    6. to sit by the roadside to sell,
    7. by the riverside taking in washing,
    8. by milady's fire cooking for my living.
    9. I'm a woman with heavy responsibilities.
    10. With my lot I'm prepared to be contented.
    11. With your sweet words, Lover, tempt me
    12. not, if you've come empty-handed.