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Poetry: Harvest time

Snow dropped drifts in October

Rain blanketed September

And harvest was postponed

That year until the late November.

The soybeans squished like marshmallows

The corn grew mold and spoiled

Out on the stock at harvest time

In the late November.

Machinery stuck in mud

As farmers crazed to get their crops

Pushed onward in the fields

until far into the late November.

In June the farmers praised God

For moisture that came in plenty,

But not so grateful were they

When it fell in late November.

Trucks lined up at the elevator

Hoping the harvest was dry enough

But, they were too late to harvest

As it became the end of November.

The crops stood in the field that year

Past the month of December,

Spring would mean plowing under

The disappointment of late November.


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