In the Spring time when you plant you can predict a bumper crop.

In the Summer working in the field you can daydream about bounty

But in the Autumn when the crops come in the truth will be known.

For no matter what you hope or dream “You can’t fake the harvest.”

This is a rewrite of a story first given to me by Mark Z many years ago in Mexicali, Mexico. It might contain a warning for President Obama.