Imbolc

Today I walked to work and the magnolias were all in bloom. There were tiny fields of purple muscari on the lawn as I left. The sparrows are drunk on fermented berries. They befoul my car, its windows and doors. Still the sun shines, the breezes blow. The hills are green, green and mosses sneak out into the sidewalk. They say we need more rain. We do. We need more rain, more wet, more soak.

Piove, piove, piove
pitter patter down
llove, llove, llove
I love it - do not drown
Dribble drabble dropping
swishing swashing lush
lashing thrashing bushes
washing earth it must

Let it Rain
Rapping down
Good deep soak
Pelting pour
Give us more
we need it
bring it down
make it rain.