I Know Why the Groundhog Hides
The ladies jog in matching yellow headbands through the park
The squirrels dance to harmonizing honking in the streets
A growing humming says the bees have found their winter-buried
gold
The buds begin to yawn and nod to blooms on every side
Never did a cloud release a solitary drop
Or juicy ruby berries summon just a single fly
When Earth is wreathed in scent and every breath of air is
light
I know why the groundhog hides
I know why the groundhog hides,
I know what sends him to his hole
Not that his shadow falls too stark against the wind-blown
grass
Or that his sleep was short and musty hollows call him back
But that his is the only groundhog shadow there at all
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