Etch-A-Sketch
In this late February cold
infant chlorophyll peeks
from under wet, brown leaves.
An infant wind moans
waiting to be born, to cry
loud and long in March.
A frosty song ebbs
on the radio, droning
whippets of cold
in ear phones
as walkers and joggers
break out of doldrums.
The sky is an ocean
of clouds rumpled
like hanging laundry
with blue construction
paper spaced behind
in slivers of sunshine.
Nature’s etch-a-sketch,
all week, draw, add, erase,
draw, add, erase, draw...
In this late February cold
infant chlorophyll peeks
from under wet, brown leaves.
An infant wind moans
waiting to be born, to cry
loud and long in March.
A frosty song ebbs
on the radio, droning
whippets of cold
in ear phones
as walkers and joggers
break out of doldrums.
The sky is an ocean
of clouds rumpled
like hanging laundry
with blue construction
paper spaced behind
in slivers of sunshine.
Nature’s etch-a-sketch,
all week, draw, add, erase,
draw, add, erase, draw...