Succulents

Such strange desert plants

Having a cunning resemblance

to Pokémon characters

with peculiar names

Bear Paw and Cat Paw

They come in myriads of colours

yellow, green, purple, pink, orange, maroon

All looking so plump and somewhat juicy

Some would even produce flowers

upon reaching maturity

Flower buds inadvertently take a long time to finally bloom

The anticipation and excitement

A fun guessing game

of predicting the colour of the flower

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