Wednesday, April 06, 2005

 

Wrote it, had it eaten by Microsoft Word. Damn you, taunting paperclip! How you mock me! So here's memory's version . . .

The Year's at the Spring

Flash of white teeth, a dark
Face that turns to call -
“Spring brings out the best
Of us, baby! - words
Reassembling in my ears
As I pull down the first
Skirt of the year - pink plaid
Riding up over my knees.
Always a little too early,
A little too cold: goosebumps
Growing like the first green
Tips of the daffodils but
This afternoon's angle
Reminded me that the earth
Has flowers and I have legs
The sun will soon enough
Turn brown so here we are:
Girls and leaves and flowers
And the first bared skin: ready
To start in the limelight, all
Pushing to get out on the town.

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