Damn Tulips

Today I buried the tulips. That’ll teach the beggars I thought.
I’ve always found their arrogance quite irritating,
So I put a layer of soil in the pot, laid the blighters down
And added a foot more earth, just to make sure
They couldn’t see the light of day.

Around me the sun was shining, the birds were singing,
But I’d really had it was those damn brown bulbs.
Just lying there doing nothing while the rest of nature
Is being busy. Trees dressing themselves in green
Flowers parading their colours to the bees.

Well, I thought, that will teach them to lie there dormant.