I love this time of year. My Lamarque roses are blooming on a rebar trellis in my front yard.

And now–ODE TO THE ZIPTIE.

Cheap plastic zip-tie. Price is right.

And oh, its noose! It yanks so tight!
Its tiny ridges so tenacious,
Loop of power adjust from spacious
To quite small, in just one zip,
At leisurely or rapid clip.

But natch’ral is my garden gear.
I keep my liquid seaweed near
At hand. I do not fertilize
With Orthodust, nor do I prize
A bale of peat, a pesticide,
Roundup and all the rest-icide.

Yet in my bucket I make room
And when my Lafter roses bloom
I-zip!-attach them to the fence.
(Brute strength makes all the difference.)
And-zip!-I bind all drooping plants,
Or-zip!-the rip!-within my pants,
And-zip!-a compost-sifting screen!
But dang, a zip-tie isn’t Green.

For when a zip-tie’s obsolete
I clip said zip. Its job’s complete,
Which makes it garbage, plastic waste.
It’s time this troubling fact was faced.

Oh, please. On second thought, forget it.
A zip-tie aims to please, so let it.

Note: I write custom odes, for all your special occasions. Proceeds donated to Meals on Wheels And More, in Austin. Write me at blue.ox@sbcglobal.net.

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