I'm out here planting potatoes.... A Poem

I’m out here planting potatoes

Row upon row.

I’m out here hoping those ‘taters

Will grow and grow, and grow.

There’ll come a day next fall,

When slowly, carefully too,

I’ll uncover their children, one and all

To see what the water and sun did do.

I’m out here in the garden.

Planting carrots, spinach, peas.

The sun still northward headed.

Using plant food just to tease.

The vines of cukes and melons,

Some squashes, beans, and such,

Will tempt the passing felons,

Who really shouldn’t touch.

Those rows, and rows of produce,

Will meet the family’s needs.

If water and sun can seduce

The instincts of their seeds.

Another year with my partner

Who looks down from above,

And blesses my glistening sweat drops

With symbols of His love.

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