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Buried Memories of Drought,By Louise Annarino,3-9-2013

The fly rests on a stone chip

laid bare by melting snow

creating easements

of rivulets channeled

into multiple streams

by snowdrops scattered

across the garden bed,

dropped petals

become holding ponds

for the streams’ runoff.

Each giant step I take

across the border

of miniature boulders

leaves behind  bare lakes

which soon

will fill

with the mist of

early morning fog,

a final snow melt,

and spring rains.

There is no lack of water now,

no need for hoses,

water buckets,

sprinklers nor rain barrels

to bring life to my garden.

Melons and berries

and squash yet hold

faith in my planting

against the buried memory

of last year’s drought.