Mom offered a penny for every weed
I pulled by the roots, no pay if roots
remained, waiting to push through soil
and crowd the lawn again. Took a few
tries but I soon got the hang of wrapping
fingers around the base where stem
meets soil, pulling a bit, testing how tightly
root clung to the ground from which
it grew. Some weeds were easy to remove
others rooted …
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