Nonsensical flowers

From Imported From Migratr

This is an agapanthus. It’s not quite blooming to this degree yet this year, but it’s got some buds. When they first appeared I thought of Ogden Nash:

The panther is like a leopard,
Except it hasn’t been peppered.
Should you behold a panther crouch,
Prepare to say Ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther,
Don’t anther.

I just found a copy of Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash at a different used bookstore today. I was walking out and noticed this lying flat on a shelf of hardbacks. $5 for a collection of 650 rhymes, verses and more? A no-brainer, that was.

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