My Brother Predicts The Seasons

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Kenneth2816
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My Brother Predicts The Seasons

#1 Post by Kenneth2816 » 09 Mar 2023, 14:48

The days are getting longer, harder
to lean into. There's no turning back

now the clocks of an hour, for a few
more days. Declan says that Spring

begins from the top down as trees
drive extra sugar to their roots to

form the buds which will make leaf.
He says it's jonquils first. I argue

the book says in Zone 8, it's crocus.
He laughs and says we're both wrong:

The real first sign is the sound of weed
eaters and girls uptown wearing shorts.

IndianaDP
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Re: My Brother Predicts The Seasons

#2 Post by IndianaDP » 09 Mar 2023, 17:13

Line 3 I think you want ‘off?’

I may be wrong but doesn’t sap flow up from the roots and not down from the branches?

Those weed eaters are a dead give away, enjoyed.

BobBradshaw
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Re: My Brother Predicts The Seasons

#3 Post by BobBradshaw » 09 Mar 2023, 21:42

Yeh, I like that ending.

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