Something’s about to burst
It could be the rain, slow and steady this month for days
It could be the leaves, come out to gorge themselves on sun rays
It could be my body
For it will flower this spring,
it will sprout like the leaves and spout like the rain
It will glow like the sunburst of the first warm day
Now I’ll have renewal with a pill,
Renewal after the chill of early April
It will creep like the vines as it grows
And receive the birdsong of Spring
Unlike these natural things things long since gone and renewed
It will for the first time be renewed
Like the clacks of doors it is, and the whispered footsteps that you hear
And speculate about, and you can’t know
Who’s coming or going from your house until you’ve seen them
I will partake of spring
Sunflowers for eyes
My body of trunk and grass
My breasts turfy mounds that grow
Hands that smell like lilacs and daffodils
For the first time the earth’s body will be like my body
Open the cabinets, shake off the dust that settled on you at birth
Hail to spring
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