doggedly dragging its snow-mucky boots
Winter
reluctantly leaves these patient plains in spurts of tempered warmth
leaving leaving on the two o'clock in the morning train to the West
days pass snow melts
leaves sticks branches and bother are gathered
laying bare the waiting grasses
the waiting buds ready
long green leaves appear in clusters
here there here there
the verdant earthy fangs of feline creature born of dirt & promise
soon
the yellow comes crayola canary sun bursts of wild
many-petaled little sprays of sweet surprise
plucked rinsed chopped mashed consumed remedy to the shadows of Winter
the dandelion's bitter golden sweetness unexpectedly mirthful
things are not always as they appear
