{"id":4748,"date":"2017-01-15T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T18:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=4748"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T23:36:08","slug":"daily-transmission-15-the-daisy-that-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=4748","title":{"rendered":"Daily Transmission #15: The Daisy That Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Daisy That Rose <\/strong>
\nBy Dan Bergstein <\/p>\n

Next to the rumbling highway
\nIn the wild grasses and weeds
\nA small purple flower
\nTalked to her small purple seeds <\/p>\n

\u201cYou will one day be planted
\nAnd then slowly you\u2019ll grow
\nBut listen my children
\nThere are things yet to know\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can grow to the left
\nYou can grow to the right
\nYou can grow ziggy and zaggy
\nOr grow only at night\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI won\u2019t tell how
\nOr yell if you\u2019re wrong
\nBut let me just tell you
\nOf Daisy Susan, the strong\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDaisy Susan was bright
\nmighty and tall
\nShe grew straight up from the ground
\nAnd reached for it all\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe pushed up and up
\nAnd never looked down
\nUntil one day she popped
\nRight out of the ground\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cShe should have fallen
\nWithout Earth we will die
\nBut she flew higher and higher
\nHer eye on the sky\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe launched straight past the buildings
\nAnd above the tall trees
\nShe waved to the birds
\nAnd winked at the bees\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe saluted the moon
\nAnd bowed to the sun
\nYet she never looked down
\nGoing up was more fun\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWell past the planets
\nBeyond the North Star
\nShe kept going and going
\nBlasting farther than far\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cShe saw wonderful things
\nAnd things that were scary
\nShe met new kinds of bears
\nAnd an eye that was hairy\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe made hundreds of friends
\nAnd ventured trillions of miles
\nShe saw thousands of worlds
\nAnd millions of smiles\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe went on and up
\nTo where? No one knows
\nBut she was now famous…
\nThe Daisy that Rose\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe flowers look up
\nWe gaze at the sky
\nWe know Susan went there
\nAnd we all want to fly\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can grow to the west
\nYou can grow upside down
\nYou can grow inside out
\nOr grow all around\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut with enough work
\nAnd with enough time
\nYou can take off
\nAnd we\u2019ll cheer as you climb!\u201d <\/p>\n

The seeds all smiled
\nThey thought mom was a goof
\nA flower in space?
\nWhere was the proof! <\/p>\n

Yet as they were planted
\nThey reached up to see,
\n\u201cIf it happened to Susan
\nIt could happen to me.\u201d <\/p>\n