Diatomaceous earth

The pool needing cleaning, vacuuming,
scrubbing up the algae, the leaves, the needles,
making it less than pristine.
 
Scrubbing, cleaning, stirring up
clouds of chaos,
settling back to earth.
 
Diatomaceous earth
the backwash overflowing my feet
The yard alive with wriggling,
a bumper crop of earthworms,
gathered for the river, or left for the robins
watching in the trees.
 
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February 6, 2022

Diatomaceous earth

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/diatomaceous-earth.html

Written after reading "Rain in Ohio",

By Mary Oliver

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February 6, 2022

The raptors, their carrion

https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-raptors-their-carrion.html

 Written after reading "Vultures" by Mary Oliver.

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