These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

"In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lion"

"O, Dorothy, 'tis true, you see.
We're not in Kansas anymore!"
With weather lore, I sought to free
this month because of early roar.

"If comes in it does by the lion's mane,
then goes out it will with the softest rain."
But roaring storms pass by, again,
throughout this March to leave insane.

"This land, O Dot, 'tis emerald green.
Ignore the man behind the screen.
Such weather, I have rarely seen.
What flowers will in April preen?"

"Comes in like a lion, and goeth out the same."
The lore no more is quite as wise.
This weather, yet, may seem quite tame
when The Lord will in His Wrath chastise.

by Jay O’Toole
on March 31st, 2025