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ZINNIAS, by                    
First Line: The house was weathered and gray and old
Last Line: Like a bow of hope in a dull, drab sky.
Subject(s): Zinnias


The house was weathered and gray and old,
Paintless, and covered with grime and mould;
It stood alone on a high, bleak hill,
Where the restless wind is never still.
A stringy wash flapped on the line
Like a scare-crow's ghost working overtime;
A group of urchins squabbled and played
With a mangy dog in the noonday shade.
A bony horse whisked the flies away
In a listless melancholy way;
While lost outside of their broken pens
Some near-nude chicks yeeped for mother hens.
But in a carefully tended bed
Between the well and the kitchen shed,
Some zinnias lifted their bright heads high
Like a bow of hope in a dull, drab sky.





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