Selling geranium

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Selling geraniums

The poem is written by John Mole in July 2013 and it is about how they sell geranium. The day is a gloomy Saturday and everything seems unusual. The day is seen as unique since everyone is depressed by the state of the day with rain pounding heavily. The rain has stopped the daily routine functions and therefore everything is dull. The heavy rain might destroy the geranium if left unprotected. Hence they raise tarpaulin a strong waterproof cover to protect and prevent the pounding rain from raining on the geranium.

The tarpaulin cover is held by steel tubular poles that are firm on the ground to support it. The rain is accompanied by a heavy wind that makes the standing poles glide from side to side producing a clanking sound of the steel metal. The author and the others who are selling geranium shelter under the tarpaulin from the rain as they sell geranium. The geranium is normally a pink or red flower.

The customers are not coming to buy since it is raining and therefore all they have to do is to pack and go home waiting and hoping to sell the next day. What they offer is a glowing attention, a dream of skylight boxes to bring home from the market. They carry it home until the next day. The flowers have been fixed firmly making it a bed of flowers laid on earth. They only imagine of how the next day would be, whether the weather will be rainy or sunny, and whether they will sell. They adhere to their dream and hope for a day that expresses light and happiness in abundant.

By john mole