A Rose By Any Other Name

 

If I were a doctor

Treating your wounds

And infections

Your bile and liver

You would welcome me

 

If I were a restaurateur

Feeding you for free

Flavouring your drinks

Would you not welcome me?

 

I am clockmaker

Yellow gold

Like summer sun

 

I drift

On the breeze

And still

You do not welcome me

 

I am the lions tooth

Wild and free

Across your meadows

 

Blowball         Cankerwort   Doon-head-clock

Witch’s gowan          Milk witch      Irish daisy

Monk’s head             Priest’s crown           Puff ball

Swine’s snout          Worm rose

 

I tarnish your lawn

And you pluck me

From where I lie

My latex milk

Spilling on green

Unnatural grasses

 

I am Taraxacum

I am weed

I am Dandelion

I am Flower

A Rose

By any other name