Grape vines won’t grow on my farm
The grasshoppers too vigorous, the weeds too strong
The sun too weak and the rain too long.
My neighbors grow them
But mine are only sticks in the ground.
My other problem,
The mulberries of course.
Growing everywhere and out of control
I can’t saw or spray or burn enough
To stop the overthrow
When will I stop the madness, accept my fate?
Redirect my toil, embrace my state?
Make mulberry wine?
Give me a bit… gotta plant another grape vine…
