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Wednesday, February 02, 2022

THE GROUNDHOG SPEAKS

by David Feela




As politicians emerge from legislative 
burrows, leaning on superstition

(believing if it is a sunny day 
the shadow they see must only be 

projected by our former insurgency)
they’ll rush back to their chambers 

for six more weeks of uncertainty.
If eventually the lawmakers choose 

weather to guide a fearful nation, 
will the groundhog please speak up, 

maybe mention the shadow they’ve seen 
is the thick head of their own invention.


David Feela writes monthly columns for The Four Corners Free Press and The Durango Telegraph. Unsolicited Press released his newest chapbook Little Acres in 2019.