first_day_of_spring
raze
i
can
taste
ethanol
in
water
where
none
should
be
.
smell
the
ghosts
of
memories
faded
like
underfed
photographs
.
maybe
i've
been
poisoned
.
maybe
you
have
too
.
so
hear
this
:
hand
warmers
are
soft
maracas
held
between
these
half
-frozen
fingers
.
bruised
clover pumps
life
through
the
shallow
veins
of
lesser
leaves
.
the
wind
howls
lonely
and
lupine-like.
each
hair
that
leaves
my
head
paints
a
fresh
frown
at
my
feet
.
it's
colder
than
any
morning
this
late
in
march
should
be
.
but
we've
got
time
and
the
sun
on
our
side
.
that's
not
nothing
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from