beneath a billion cloudless nights the chatter
of earthworms in the absence of rain
splash among the last winter leaves
feasting
as if the sound of rain alone
is enough to swell
my heart the hard cracked soil
and make me spring again
Image: Ali Abdul Rahman on Unsplash
Sweet and Bitter Greens 
Way to keep your ear to the ground, DB. Well done.
Thank you, Ron.
D