Marching song

March 31, 1987

A caucus of crocuses voting to end the winter. Rain doing a rain dance, loosening fingers of snow. Little winds racing each other down a hillside. Hurrying people fording the traffic flow. Trees pushing new green life out of barren branches. Children with Spring in their steps feeling near to the sky. A whisper of lilac scent. A primrose promise. Twilights lengthening. Summer standing by.