a year consists of twelve months
a month of three ten-day weeks
all honor what farm & nature bring
Véndemiaire stamps the vintage red
Brumaire fog swallows cranberry
Frimaire frost crusts the standing weeds
no more gods, death to the last king
Nivôse snow floats, flurries, drifts
Pluviôse proffers rain
Ventôse favors wind
high regard for weather, water, air
Germinal marks the rupture of seed
Floréal waves its blossoms
Prairial sheep hike to high meadow
the earth’s body, the sky’s face
Messidor farmers harvest peas
Thermidor heat hatches mosquitoes
Fructidor fruit swells, sweetens, savors
nature, people, tools, reason
finally, Les Fêtes Sansculottides
five days (in La Franciade, six)
when free citizens dance & sing
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