Root of Scarcity

To sow the remote morose root.

To sow the virtuous standby.

The backup fodder-crop suffers not

from seasonal vicissitudes,

mildew and blast, caterpillar attack.

Under Saturn sing the golden-sickled beet.

Under Saturn sing the ringed mangelwurzel.

The great turnip (the dick reuben!).

The pickled paucity-strick stew.