In the poem "Marigolds" An old womanin a poor naighborhood she plants marigolds in her front yard , only to have brats destroy them. The children act out of thiere fear and miss Lotties wich takes very good care of her plants. Her son john is a kid that always sitts down on the house porch . When the kids intrude her garden mrs lotties calls john for help .when the kids destroy her garden she us sad and depressed.  The kids leave laughing and callingher names as she looks at her flowers .     The reason why people had to go through all that stuff its because they didnt have money to support thier family . People should of sticked together and could of had a better life. When the kids destroy her garden that was a selfish thing to do and that just made the women mad and desided to start a rivalry. When the children hear there dad crying they thought that it was thier fault but it was just because of the poor time there going through .