This Mother's Day
give your mother
a touch of prinkweed.
Yes, this common
garden variety plant
can do a lot to please
the most demanding mommy.
Drop some in her tea --
she will break into song.
Sprinkle it down the back
of her neck --
she will begin to dance like
Vilma Ebsen.
Stuff her pillow with it --
her dreams will be sweeter
than gulaab jamun.
Present her with the seeds
to plant around her cottage --
the vigorous prinkweed will
lift her little home like Baba Yaga's
chicken legs, turning it ever
counter-clockwise.
Last, but not least,
add some to her skin cream
and watch as she happily
transforms into an Old World babbler and
flies away to the Grampian Hills.
Prinkweed is available wherever
fine botanicals are sold.
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