Three seeds to the wind

It was the first winter
Persephone decided
to stay at her mothers'

Roses bloomed through January
then quit, exhausted

Oil was being given away for free
with the purchase of a security system

We instituted
the First Annual
Groundhog's Day Beach Party

Demeter was pissed off
It had gotten to be "that time"
in her life
where she was always too hot

anyway

Persephone was a big girl now
capable of taking responsibility
for her own decisions
about men

besides

she left hair all over the bathroom after a shower

"Why don't you at least see him for dinner?
Try to patch things up.
I'll even spring for the pomegranates".