Rainy Day on the Farm.

 


By Van Gogh



Seem to be fewer
heavy rain days.
most people just see
inconvenience
and dicy traffic.
kids getting soaked
to and fro school
hectic shopping cart
rushes for groceries
and zero rules obeyed
in any parking lot.
garbage collection job
now one of the worst.


but farmers see a day
of novel inside chores
Tractor tune-up.
the dog goes off from
squirrel-chase duty
cattle in a field will cool
and re-hydrate
bunched shoulder to shoulder
the soils drink in
Life, and greedily.
the wife’s veggy garden
does a dance
tomatoes smiling.
And perhaps she has
A much needed phone
Call to her sister
Four months into her cancer scare.

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