Groundhog Rebuked

Punxsutawney Phil
sees his shadow in February
and says six more weeks of winter.

That same day the first moth
of spring lands on my storm door
and says, “Wrong, Phil. I’m here.”


Donal Mahoney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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February 11, 2017 at 6:52 PM
That was fun.
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