Spring ditty
@sallypup (57749)
Centralia, Washington
February 20, 2017 7:51pm CST
A single mourning dove fans its tail feathers in flight
we pad up the soggy late winter driveway
easier now that the land is rough with stale snow.
Strawberry leaves green the synapses
tensing our muscles toward heft and heave;
hoods and gloves shucked
the stuff of day not the murk gleamed in pre-dawn rustlings.
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Feb 17
so has your snow melted? or is it really half melted and stale?
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Feb 17
@sallypup toss out more sand?
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Feb 17
@Jessicalynnt Good idea. Think three acres and how much money it would take to buy all that sand. I just must be patient.
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@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
21 Feb 17
@Jessicalynnt The snow ice has melted off the driveway. But: the snow ice continues to plague us as we attempt to walk to the chickens or Peter burro. So it is half melted and stale. I itch to freely walk our hilly acreage.
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