Modern Mother Goose-On The Loose (Flowers Gone Flat)

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

.

THAT THEY WOULD RETURN AS THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPRING-

THE PURPLE BLOOMS AMONGST THE GREEN LEAVES, HAS BECOME A TRADITIONAL THING.

.

FIRST THE GREEN LEAVES COME UP AND THE BLOOMS FOLLOW BEHIND-

A LOVELY BUNCH OF FLOWERS IS WHAT I ALWAYS EVENTUALLY FIND.

.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR AS I SAW THEM STANDING TALL-

WHEN I GOT UP CLOSER, IT WASN’T THAT WAY AT ALL.

.

THE OUTER RING WAS ALL THAT STOOD STRAIGHT-

WHILE THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE DIDN’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT.

.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAD LAID THEM FLAT-

I WAS AMAZED AT THE SITUATION AND THOUGHT, WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT.

.

AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WHO HAD DONE THIS PARTICULAR ACT-

I COULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT A LITTLE COURTESY IS WHAT THEY LACKED.

.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UPSET AND THROWN A FIT-

BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE SITUATION AGAIN FROM WHERE A CHILDS’ MIND SITS.

.

ONLY YOUNG ONCE THE LITTLE IDLE MINDS SAW SO MUCH FUN-

IN MAKING THIS AREA A PLAY PLACE IN THE SHADE AWAY FROM THE SUN.

.

A PLACE TO IMAGINE, A PLACE TO HIDE-

COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT BETTER MYSELF, HAD I TRIED.

.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WILL GROW UP AND ONE DAY MOVE AWAY-

AND AT ANOTHER TIME ON ANOTHER SPRING DAY.

I’LL LOOK AT THE BLOOMS AND WISH SHE WERE STILL AROUND-

TO PLAY IN THE BLOOMS AGAIN AS IF THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN NEW FOUND.

.

THE CHILDREN GROW UP AND LOSE THE INNOCENCE OF IMAGINATION AT PLAY-

BUT I’LL STILL SEE THEM IN THE BLOOMS ON ANY GIVEN SPRING DAY.

.

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

-2006-

Modern Mother Goose-On The Loose (Flowers Gone Flat)

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

.

THAT THEY WOULD RETURN AS THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPRING-

THE PURPLE BLOOMS AMONGST THE GREEN LEAVES, HAS BECOME A TRADITIONAL THING.

.

FIRST THE GREEN LEAVES COME UP AND THE BLOOMS FOLLOW BEHIND-

A LOVELY BUNCH OF FLOWERS IS WHAT I ALWAYS EVENTUALLY FIND.

.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR AS I SAW THEM STANDING TALL-

WHEN I GOT UP CLOSER, IT WASN’T THAT WAY AT ALL.

.

THE OUTER RING WAS ALL THAT STOOD STRAIGHT-

WHILE THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE DIDN’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT.

.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAD LAID THEM FLAT-

I WAS AMAZED AT THE SITUATION AND THOUGHT, WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT.

.

AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WHO HAD DONE THIS PARTICULAR ACT-

I COULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT A LITTLE COURTESY IS WHAT THEY LACKED.

.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UPSET AND THROWN A FIT-

BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE SITUATION AGAIN FROM WHERE A CHILDS’ MIND SITS.

.

ONLY YOUNG ONCE THE LITTLE IDLE MINDS SAW SO MUCH FUN-

IN MAKING THIS AREA A PLAY PLACE IN THE SHADE AWAY FROM THE SUN.

.

A PLACE TO IMAGINE, A PLACE TO HIDE-

COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT BETTER MYSELF, HAD I TRIED.

.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WILL GROW UP AND ONE DAY MOVE AWAY-

AND AT ANOTHER TIME ON ANOTHER SPRING DAY.

I’LL LOOK AT THE BLOOMS AND WISH SHE WERE STILL AROUND-

TO PLAY IN THE BLOOMS AGAIN AS IF THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN NEW FOUND.

.

THE CHILDREN GROW UP AND LOSE THE INNOCENCE OF IMAGINATION AT PLAY-

BUT I’LL STILL SEE THEM IN THE BLOOMS ON ANY GIVEN SPRING DAY.

.

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

-2006-

Three Drawings (2011)

1. A bowl of fruit.

2. A landscape.

3. A map depicting the world
as flat.
=======================
Recently donated to the Library of Congress-
120 years ago, an issue that Orlando
Ferguson, of Hot Springs, SD, through his
drawings, had to address.

Three That Are Flat (2011)

1. A soda left out on the counter.

2. Some plains.

3. Those TV screens.

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To put in a comfy place-

Requiring less space.

Three That Are Flat (2011)

1. A soda left out on the counter.

2. Some plains.

3. Those TV screens.

==============================

To put in a comfy place-

Requiring less space.

Modern Mother Goose-On The Loose (Flowers Gone Flat)

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

.

THAT THEY WOULD RETURN AS THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPRING-

THE PURPLE BLOOMS AMONGST THE GREEN LEAVES, HAS BECOME A TRADITIONAL THING.

.

FIRST THE GREEN LEAVES COME UP AND THE BLOOMS FOLLOW BEHIND-

A LOVELY BUNCH OF FLOWERS IS WHAT I ALWAYS EVENTUALLY FIND.

.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR AS I SAW THEM STANDING TALL-

WHEN I GOT UP CLOSER, IT WASN’T THAT WAY AT ALL.

.

THE OUTER RING WAS ALL THAT STOOD STRAIGHT-

WHILE THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE DIDN’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT.

.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAD LAID THEM FLAT-

I WAS AMAZED AT THE SITUATION AND THOUGHT, WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT.

.

AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WHO HAD DONE THIS PARTICULAR ACT-

I COULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT A LITTLE COURTESY IS WHAT THEY LACKED.

.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UPSET AND THROWN A FIT-

BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE SITUATION AGAIN FROM WHERE A CHILDS’ MIND SITS.

.

ONLY YOUNG ONCE THE LITTLE IDLE MINDS SAW SO MUCH FUN-

IN MAKING THIS AREA A PLAY PLACE IN THE SHADE AWAY FROM THE SUN.

.

A PLACE TO IMAGINE, A PLACE TO HIDE-

COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT BETTER MYSELF, HAD I TRIED.

.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WILL GROW UP AND ONE DAY MOVE AWAY-

AND AT ANOTHER TIME ON ANOTHER SPRING DAY.

I’LL LOOK AT THE BLOOMS AND WISH SHE WERE STILL AROUND-

TO PLAY IN THE BLOOMS AGAIN AS IF THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN NEW FOUND.

.

THE CHILDREN GROW UP AND LOSE THE INNOCENCE OF IMAGINATION AT PLAY-

BUT I’LL STILL SEE THEM IN THE BLOOMS ON ANY GIVEN SPRING DAY.

.

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

-2006-

A Child’s Time-In Simple Rhyme # 558

And so the bicycle tire went flat-
And with no recourse, at the moment,
that was that.

-2010-

Modern Mother Goose-On The Loose (Flowers Gone Flat)

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

.

THAT THEY WOULD RETURN AS THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPRING-

THE PURPLE BLOOMS AMONGST THE GREEN LEAVES, HAS BECOME A TRADITIONAL THING.

.

FIRST THE GREEN LEAVES COME UP AND THE BLOOMS FOLLOW BEHIND-

A LOVELY BUNCH OF FLOWERS IS WHAT I ALWAYS EVENTUALLY FIND.

.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR AS I SAW THEM STANDING TALL-

WHEN I GOT UP CLOSER, IT WASN’T THAT WAY AT ALL.

.

THE OUTER RING WAS ALL THAT STOOD STRAIGHT-

WHILE THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE DIDN’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT.

.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAD LAID THEM FLAT-

I WAS AMAZED AT THE SITUATION AND THOUGHT, WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT.

.

AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WHO HAD DONE THIS PARTICULAR ACT-

I COULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT A LITTLE COURTESY IS WHAT THEY LACKED.

.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UPSET AND THROWN A FIT-

BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE SITUATION AGAIN FROM WHERE A CHILDS’ MIND SITS.

.

ONLY YOUNG ONCE THE LITTLE IDLE MINDS SAW SO MUCH FUN-

IN MAKING THIS AREA A PLAY PLACE IN THE SHADE AWAY FROM THE SUN.

.

A PLACE TO IMAGINE, A PLACE TO HIDE-

COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT BETTER MYSELF, HAD I TRIED.

.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WILL GROW UP AND ONE DAY MOVE AWAY-

AND AT ANOTHER TIME ON ANOTHER SPRING DAY.

I’LL LOOK AT THE BLOOMS AND WISH SHE WERE STILL AROUND-

TO PLAY IN THE BLOOMS AGAIN AS IF THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN NEW FOUND.

.

THE CHILDREN GROW UP AND LOSE THE INNOCENCE OF IMAGINATION AT PLAY-

BUT I’LL STILL SEE THEM IN THE BLOOMS ON ANY GIVEN SPRING DAY.

.

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

-2006-

Modern Mother Goose-On The Loose (Flowers Gone Flat)

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

.

THAT THEY WOULD RETURN AS THEY HAVE EVERY SINGLE SPRING-

THE PURPLE BLOOMS AMONGST THE GREEN LEAVES, HAS BECOME A TRADITIONAL THING.

.

FIRST THE GREEN LEAVES COME UP AND THE BLOOMS FOLLOW BEHIND-

A LOVELY BUNCH OF FLOWERS IS WHAT I ALWAYS EVENTUALLY FIND.

.

BUT THIS YEAR WAS DIFFERENT FOR AS I SAW THEM STANDING TALL-

WHEN I GOT UP CLOSER, IT WASN’T THAT WAY AT ALL.

.

THE OUTER RING WAS ALL THAT STOOD STRAIGHT-

WHILE THE ONES IN THE MIDDLE DIDN’T LOOK ALL THAT GREAT.

.

IT LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING HAD LAID THEM FLAT-

I WAS AMAZED AT THE SITUATION AND THOUGHT, WELL, HOW ABOUT THAT.

.

AND THEN I REALIZED IT WAS MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WHO HAD DONE THIS PARTICULAR ACT-

I COULD HAVE ASSUMED THAT A LITTLE COURTESY IS WHAT THEY LACKED.

.

I COULD HAVE GOTTEN UPSET AND THROWN A FIT-

BUT THEN I LOOKED AT THE SITUATION AGAIN FROM WHERE A CHILDS’ MIND SITS.

.

ONLY YOUNG ONCE THE LITTLE IDLE MINDS SAW SO MUCH FUN-

IN MAKING THIS AREA A PLAY PLACE IN THE SHADE AWAY FROM THE SUN.

.

A PLACE TO IMAGINE, A PLACE TO HIDE-

COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT BETTER MYSELF, HAD I TRIED.

.

MY DAUGHTER AND HER FRIENDS WILL GROW UP AND ONE DAY MOVE AWAY-

AND AT ANOTHER TIME ON ANOTHER SPRING DAY.

I’LL LOOK AT THE BLOOMS AND WISH SHE WERE STILL AROUND-

TO PLAY IN THE BLOOMS AGAIN AS IF THEY WERE ONCE AGAIN NEW FOUND.

.

THE CHILDREN GROW UP AND LOSE THE INNOCENCE OF IMAGINATION AT PLAY-

BUT I’LL STILL SEE THEM IN THE BLOOMS ON ANY GIVEN SPRING DAY.

.

THE SPRINGTIME CAME AND THE BULBS BEGAN TO SPROUT-

IT HAS HAPPENED FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS, SO I HAD NO DOUBT.

-2006-

Three That Happen When You Don’t Get Much Sleep (2012)

1. You make mistakes.

2. You don’t feel good.

3. Other people, prefer to stay away.

==============================

Not to be rude-

But, plain and flat, you do not project

a good mood.