Ere the Geese and Snows Begin To Fly

The languid days of summer passed so fleet - autumn's almost here. Alas, I've fiddled around and left so many things undone, I fear. Now, I must hustle about and cease buildin' castles in the sky, Ere the honkin' geese and blowin' snows begin to fly! There's corn to shuck and fodder to stack in golden shocks. The hen house needs repairin' to forestall that wily fox! There are taters to be dug and stored in the cellar bye and bye, Ere the vagabond geese and the blowin' snows begin to fly! Wood needs sawed and hauled from the oak tree grove, And stacked in the woodshed for the parlor heatin' stove. The punkins must be gathered ere too many weeks go by, Ere those skeins of geese and blowin' snows begin to fly! Another job that must be done, one I've kept on suspense, Is the repairin' and paintin' of that doggone picket fence! I really need to strew some straw to bed down the stall and sty, Ere those Canadian geese and blowin' snows begin to fly! Luckily, I'm spared installin' storm windows come this autumn, Since I didn't take 'em down last spring - I jes' plain forgot 'em! I need to pick the apples so my spouse can fix an apple pie, Ere those majestic geese and blowin' snows begin to fly! Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired © All Rights Reserved