The hills are as green as okra,
A rare color these days.
Fresh okra too,
Even rarer as well.
Someone disappointed in the season
Dyed the dead grass.
We walk together in coats
Black as coal, hoping
Some warm power between us
Melts away this weather
And peels away the landscape
To reveal spring underneath.
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