After reading through a good deal of old posts for this week’s “blogiversary” post, I thought I’d spend just a little more time reminiscing and re-post what I think is my favorite drabble. This was one from before the Vox-to-Wordpress conversion, so hopefully it’s not just a rerun for everyone.
Yellow
That day, the sunflower looked down and noticed a lone dandelion in his plot. He’d seen them before – a countless number in the fields beyond the Garden.
“You don’t belong here,” he told the dandelion.
“Why not?” the dandelion asked, “I am a yellow flower much like you.”
“Like ME?!?!” the sunflower exclaimed, incredulously. “I am the tallest, most beautiful flower and loved most of all by the Gardener. Mark me, she will come and root you out with hand and hoe and bitter poison.”
Later, the dandelion contemplated the decapitated, dying stalk. The Gardener had come with her shears.
Stevil 
This is wonderful! I can’t wait to explore more Drabble!
Thanks, Marcia. It really is my favorite. Lots of others to see if you click the tag, though. :)
How cruel! How cutting! ;)
It is a harvest of irony!
Yep, no one buys bags of dandelion seeds …
I can’t even imagine snacking on those. Sunflower seeds, on the other hand, are just … nom nom nom!!!
Hah — but dandelion greens are very fashionable these days!
Awesome.
I’m the shears by the way…
Thanks MT. Hope you’re feeling better!
Steve! How could you?! Sunflowers are my absolute favorite flower!! I’m not sure what to do now. I feel nauseous. Poor sunflower. If only he had not had such a big head, eh?
20 points for the big-head joke! But think of the trouble I would have gotten in if I’d used Black-Eyed Susans!
The reveal was just — AWESOME!!! I’m such a fan of subtlety, and this is so — errr — errr — ok, I got stuck. I am still in awe.
Gracias CdV — there’s a reason that it’s my favorite! :)
Now that was your Best drabble ever! I laughed!
Thanks D — it’s definitely one of my favorites.