By Michelle Webster-Hein
A short but seasonal classic from the original 28 days of Beautiful Things, first posted on February 21, 2014.
We have a carpet of dandelions over our front lawn–bright yellow heads peppering the cushions of moss and tufts of grass.
I don’t understand why they garner so much resentment, these cheerful and persistent volunteers. I admire them, their spirit. I admire that no other flower over the course of my life has bent so kindly to the plucking, or to the painting of cheeks and noses, or, in its final days, to the flourish of a child’s wish.
Michelle Webster-Hein writes and teaches in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she lives with her husband and daughter. You can find her work in upstreet, Midwestern Gothic, Ruminate Magazine and Perigee, among other places. Work by Michelle Webster-Hein has been included in Issue 15.1 of River Teeth.
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