"Today I"
Today I
walked outside for a while,
to soak
in some rays of spring sun.
I was feeling
pretty awesome till I noticed,
so many
things that needed to be done.
My outside
glass table was covered in dust,
for a nice
picnic this just wouldn't do.
My flower
beds needed weeding,
and the
azaleas needed trimming too.
I noticed
the squirrel feeder is empty,
and the
hummingbird nectar is dry.
Some of
my hanging baskets will need water,
before
they wither up and die.
The flag
which usually flies so free,
last night
got tangled by the wind.
A huge
old oak shed some very big limbs,
tossing
them all over the yard again.
I couldn't
take it any longer I thought,
let me
at least go straighten the flag.
On the
way I grabbed a sack of peanuts,
fed the
squirrels the whole dang bag.
I then cleaned
my picnic table,
picked
up the limbs from out of the yard.
Mixed up
my hummingbirds a dose of juice,
by now
I had gotten really tired.
I sit down
on my lawn chair laid back my head,
closed
my eyes and listened to the baby birds.
Thought
to myself I love the country life,
then came
back in and wrote down these words.
Author:
~ Angela Wilson ~ Copyright 2003
Used with
author's permission
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