Thursday, August 20, 2020

An August Day - But on What Planet? - poem

Lawrence Hall
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An August Day – But on What Planet?

An August day of dragging hoses, washing 
     dishes
Watching hummingbirds while doing the
     laundry
Pulling up the last exhausted tomato vines
Feeding the dogs and cats, mowing the 
     lawns:

The summery hours of heat and work and 
     sweat
Considering the clouds and praying for 
     rain
Enjoying the way the light falls on the 
     grapes
And marveling how green the grass still is

And in the evening a glass of iced tea
And then the news –
                               What planet are they on?

2 comments:

Verlie Burroughs said...

Really. Your planet sounds lovely.

Lawrence Hall, HSG said...

I fear the District of Columbia - New York Axis has fallen away from Earth, and that the slowly increasing hypoxia is making everyone there bonkers.