Le Voyage Magnifique

Dandelions

The dandelions make me gay.
Their yellow blossoms brighten day
among the cow pies on display
in farmer's plot.
They serve emotional buffet
when gut's in knot.

Some people label them a weed,
but I afford such rot no heed,
because the Man Upstairs decreed
there is no skew.
Equality is guaranteed
within His view.

Notes ▼

1. The Burns Stanza is a Scottish form with a specific pattern of rhyme and meter, as described and demonstrated in the following links:

https://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/topic/3233-burns-stanza-standard-habbie-six-lin...

http://www.rainbowcommunications.org/velvet/forms/Burns-Stanza.pdf

2. This poem was composed for "The Random Poetry Contest"  with two stanzas = 12 lines.

3. In this context, the word "gay" is used in connection with definitions 1 and 2: https://www.wordreference.com/definition/gay .