How did it all happen so quickly?
We’d only stopped by to observe
The lush foliage growing so thickly,
You’d have thought t’was a nature reserve.

We encountered a sign that said WARNING
PRIVATE GARDEN – ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK
Without heed, we crept in, non-conforming,
The temptation was hard to resist.

What a glade of delights! It had plenty
Of fructiferous offerings sweet,
So we picked till the branches were empty,
And sat down in the clearing to eat.

As we chomped on our ill-gotten plunder,
A terrible silence ensued,
And the both of us started to wonder
Why the roots had begun to intrude.

Round our legs they were violently snaking,
Our arms they had bound in a vice,
Then with a calamitous quaking,
The earth swallowed us in a trice.

So now we lie here decomposing
(There are worse ways to go I suppose)
The last thing I’ll say here in closing
Is watch how well this garden grows.