Thursday, July 17

DANGER






PAPAVER SOMNIFERA


Double Poppy somnifera
double Poppy carries sleep
twice the size and twice the strength
twice the benefit to reap

Mystery and danger beckon
centres mesmerise our gaze
and with their narcotic power
turn the day into a haze

Will we reach the Emerald City
with our poppies in our hair
dressed like Ozma with black tresses
even though our hair is fair?

Forbidden riches soporific
medication kills the pain
pods in blender add some lemon:
tea to help sustain the brain

within cell walls of the seedpod
lurks this opiumlike wave
when released into our system
gives the painfree day we crave.

Just to clarify:
extracting narcotics from opium poppies
is against the law in most countries.
We are allowed to grow these plants for
horticultural purposes in the UK.
In no way am I suggesting you make this tea.
Don't want anyone to end up in goal.
This was just a WWW yarn to spin for fun.
[WWW= Wicked Witch of the West]






For Nick at the Floral Friday

Also linked with app-happy-wednesday





5 comments:

joanna uk said...

For Nick at
Floral Friday

Barb said...

This is simply wonderful! I'm so happy you joined in with "app" happy wednesday!

Tom said...

I have never seen a poppy like this. Neat Tom The Backroads Traveller

Roxi H said...

How fun! I've never seen such a doubled poppy before. Cool edit.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous shots!