If my tomato plants could speak

They would surely sing with praise

About the tidy greenhouse

As they enjoy summer days

Grow bags lined up precisely

Canes readied for support

Windows open for fresh air

A perfect life in short

Why, then, do they bear so little

Of the round and deep red fruit

It offends me and seems selfish

Of that there’s no dispute

Each evening I check in on them

Down the winding garden path

But their offerings are so paltry

I think they’re having a laugh

My neighbour says they’re dying

But how can he be sure

He says they must need feeding

But, like watering, at that I’m poor