Almanac, Vegetables, Smoke, Rocky, Pursuit, Tide, Data, Pearly, Block, Hedge, Yellow
The Almanac Keeper
It lives in his back pocket.
Battered, crumpled, well-thumbed.
Its pages guide his life.
The tides come and go
As the pages predict.
The moon and stars follow
The stated arcs of time
As foretold in the yellowing pages—
The data of his life, of his being.
He scribbles in pencil—
Margin notes that embellish
The records of the relentless
Movement of seasons, of time—
When to plant vegetables,
When to prune hedges,
Small bon mots to ease
The approch to the pearly gates
But silent on the reason to use pearl.
Good advice on the smoking
Of a recently slaughtered pig,
On blocking out crops
For ideal rotation.
On the habits of wildlife.
Towards the back
A prayer of thanksgiving.
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This is lovely. Thank you.
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