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# Don't Get Me Wrong
- URL: https://www.andyposner.org/dont-get-me-wrong/
- Published: 2022-11-25T16:53:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-15T05:02:58.000Z
- Author: Andy
- Tags: poetry, #Migrated-1784090317409, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-15 04:39

“*The only difference between a flower and a weed is judgement*.” - Wayne Dyer

I have mistaken Ragweed for Goldenrod,  
alleyways for gardens, watched them torn out,

make way for something better. I have asked  
what *better* is, been taught the benefits of

a healthy tan, a good diet, three square meals  
and an hour of exercise a day.

Once, a coyote chastised me for drinking espresso  
before bedtime. All night I watched him watch me,

both of us tense, locked in stalemate, until dawn  
sent us scurrying off, hungry and tired, for no dreams

came true that night. I have been party to dreams  
deferred, and, occasionally, realized, have brought

wine and cheese to the celebration, have sipped and  
snacked, alone, in the corner, then slinked home

without saying goodbye to my hosts, have wished  
for more, for less, been satisfied with what I have,

have cursed the mirror, loved the mirror, cursed  
and loved every being that has ever lived.

My Green Foxtail, my Deer Tongue, my Smooth Brome,  
my Bull Thistle, my Slender Rush, my Spotted Knapweed,

Don't get me wrong: I'd rather not these tears...  
What am I to do with such desire for your pollen?