Shasta Daisies In My Garden

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Back
when I was

A hippy chick
graduating
from high school

my dad
totally
"got me"

meaning

he understood me
implicitly

as my day
of graduation
commenced

he took it
upon himself
to buy me a corsage
of my favorite flower
at the time

daisies

He ignored
the sales woman's
attempts
to sell him
something more exotic

such as an orchid

She
thought him cheap

But he knew
the
flower of innocence

was my favorite