I have no garden, had given my bathroom no thought;
But a surprise Christmas present hinted that I ought
Introduce horticulture into this tiled site -
Quite at home hung off a wall fitting at waist height
It seemed to thrive: Monstera Adansonii toiled -
(Mini Swiss cheese plant, long interwoven tendrils coiled,
Green perforated leaves, vine like - climber it transpired)
Found the wall, was by its verticality inspired.
And every fortnight, more or less, sees new leaf, new height gains -
Hits ceiling: Where to next? An open window close by sustains
Its momentum as a voice from which as a kid I ran -
Aah! “Fee-fi-fo-fum; I smell the blood of an Englishman.”