The Saguaro Are Filling Their Pleats

The Saguaro are filling their pleats today

in a steady, cold, sustained rain.

Man, it feels good, I heard one say

to another, as she held up her arms and drank.

Don’t it feel good to fill your pleats?

Around her the little ones all agreed,

as did the other big one she asked:

It sure feels good to fill your pleats!