Monday, September 24, 2007

Rain

Hot and dry I watch for clouds. Seeing one I slow, slow until I am in the wondrous shade. Then I work fast and hard to stay in the cool.

I pray for rain. Not "crawl under the tractor and wait for it to pass" rain.

Not "gully-washing, repair the terraces and write off the crop" rain.

Just the elusive "high-tail it home and call it a day" rain.

1 comment:

mezzolibrarian said...

No wonder it takes you awhile to do this! You are being too creative. Have you thought of writing you posts in Haiku? It would be shorter at least.