i'se had all i can stand, i'se can't stand it no more

That's what Popeye would say 

before opening up a can of spinach 

and whupping ass.

It sums up how I feel about that back yard of mine.

Given the verdant, 

lush, green 

of that area, 

spinach - 

and that sailor man - 

naturally sprang to mind.

If I had known 

the rain had already come

I would not have taken my trusty Ryobi in hand -

but I didn't know

so I did sally forth.

Now 

the deed is done.

Though not vanquished

the furrows have been made

to allow the escape 

of more water,

to allow drying

by the hot summer air,

to allow access

of birds to the many tiny grasshoppers.

Now

I sit

with cooling air all around me

until time arrives -

and the battery is again charged -

to finish off

this beast.