Wilma stared is dismay at what her lawn had come too. Yellowish patches echoed the vileness of her gardening life. Dandelions scattered through her soul. And yet the 2-4-D rested unused in a cupboard in the garage. The lawn became a symbol of her insipid agricultural life, which seemed to wilt and die for lack of attention.
Even the shortest of short shorts and skimpiest of skimpy tank tops could not bring life to either her or her lawn. She knew the men in the neighborhood stood hidden in the darkness behind their picture windows and stroked themselves as she mowed her meager crop and jerked at the button weed, chuckling to themselves at her lack of gardening prowess.
The harder she worked, the more the evil crab grass grew displacing the valued bluegrass and fescue. Tansy Ragwort happily pollinated and choked her roses, while noxious Morning Glory blossomed and strangled the very life out of her Rhododendrons.
Day after day Wilma toiled in her garden. She pulled weeds only to have them instantly sprout and grow stronger than ever. She mowed her dying lawn only to watch it further wither as the sun scorched the exposed root system. The dandelions continued to thrive in spite of her every effort to eradicate them.
Nightly she lay awake imagining her conquest of the Ragwort and Puncture Vine that flourished on her property. In her mind she dreamed of blossoming rhody's, fields of swaying buttercups and acres of lush green expanses of manicured lawn.
Then one day Eduardo came into her life. At first, she looked upon him as just a foreigner, a wetback, a taco bender, dare it say it, a beaner. But then he showed her his rake. Lust filled Wilma's very being. She reached out and stroked the long, smooth shaft of the handle. Her lips brushed the tines tenderly. Her tongue lashed out to taste the day-old grass clippings that clung there. The taste was like ambrosia that warmed her soul.
"Senorita! What the hell you think you doing. Thas my rake," Eduardo crooned softly.
"Oh God, Eduardo. Rake my flower beds," Wilma pleaded. "Show me your manhood."
"Oh, okay. But it cost you ten dollar an hour. Okay?"
" God, Eduardo. Rake me, baby. Rake me like you've never raked before," Wilma screamed, swooning.
Presently, the sweat beaded on Eduardo's brow as he raked. His muscles bulged with the exertion. His hot breath came in gasps. But Wilma's attention was on the rake tines as the violated the virginity of her soil.
"Oh yes. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!" Wilma screamed. Her body trembled with anticipation as weeds flew as if by magic from Eduardo's rake. "I'm so close... so close.... NOW! Rake harder, Eduardo. HARDERRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" The orgasmic pulsations overcame Wilma as the bare earth was exposed around the roses. Deep screams of ecstasy issued from Wilma as Eduardo's powerful hands gripped the Tansy Ragwort and ripped it from the dirt. "Oh my God. Oh my Gooooood," screamed Wilma as Eduardo's mighty shovel penetrated deep into her virgin compost pile. "Oh God. It feels sooooooo gooooooood.... Don't stop, Eduardo. God. Don't stop, baby. I'm cummmmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinggggggggg!"
Then Eduardo finally relaxed, sweat pouring from his face and powerful shoulders. Turning, he surveyed the flower beds now clear of weeks. He could see dismal flowers that survived the summer's long struggle against the naturally superior forces of weeds. Not many but a few. Here there was a shriveled Bleeding Heart here. There a Black Eyed Susan. Not much, but a start, he thought to himself.
Wilma staggered back inside the house exhausted. Her body shook from the ecstatic exchange. Her head was dizzy from the event. Her breath came in short gasps. Slowly she collapsed on her couch.
"Lady, I go nursery. I get some flowers. Cost maybe fifty dollars. Okay?" asked Eduardo from the doorway.
"Yes. Go, Eduardo. But hurry back. Please, hurry back," she pleaded. "I need you so bad." As Eduardo's 1957 Ford pickup truck with the strake sideboards rumbled down the street headed for the nursery, Wilma slipped off into sleep.
Eduardo returned an hour later to find Wilma sitting at the kitchen table. "Come in, Eduardo. Come to me, baby," she said beckoning to him.