The Pipe

The Pipe (irrigation) I am a city girl, I have never, until now… Ridden a horse across the desert, held a tarantula for longer than… five minutes, used an incubator to raise chickens, helped keep track of puppies (twice), cut tails and sewed them like material. keep fish in a pond, raised just to eat, and my garden is not organic, it is simply blessed. I bought, fixed and "care for"..., my Own John Deere…Riding Tractor. This is not a boast. I have crawled under houses, into attics, painted barns and chased a PIG! The rooster would not quit crowing. The altogether too close neighbor did the same. Oh… and the rain was coming down in the middle of the front room, inside. While on the outside… I, was knee-deep in water. Not from above, although he lent a hand. The corner of the yard. That mysterious place. Behind a tree, a stump and two bushes. It came from there, like the flood of Noah. Now a gaping hole, where the river came to visit. Fast and slow, in and out everywhere. The middle of the night… The top and I, do battle. Cold and merciless… I shake, freezing. I will win. Stop the gush, in a rush. I am a city girl… But I am a warrior.