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It is still too wet.

While the urge is strong

and the tools sharpened,

the sun needs to be stronger.

I fight the rule:

“plant when the roots

don’t require boots.”

Winter has been

a stern “schoolmarm”

this year of our Lord

and I’ve grown tired

of her stinging smacks

and Puritan grey skies.

“A week, maybe two at most,”

I whisper to the spaniel

as we look out the window

at the wet brown earth.

Bio

R. Gerry Fabian is a published writer and poet from Doylestown, PA.

He has published seven books of poetry: Parallels, 

Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts, 

Wildflower Women, Pilfered Circadian Rhythm, Hidden Danger, 

including his poetry baseball book, Ball On The Mound.