"GOODBYE TO ALL THAT," SPRING IS HERE!

It is still cold here 
   in the Rio Grande Valley
not far east of the 
   River itself 

The trees are beginning 
    to "bud out" a bit...
The lawns are turning green...
    Crocuses have bloomed
and can daffodils 
    be far behind?
A robin was seen on the lawn
    searching for a cold worm,
and a few lost summery 
    clouds drift by daily 
when the sun is shining...
    as if trying to catch
up with the cloud crowd...
    wherever it went...

The two ever-quarreling 
    blue jays are back
and can be heard from
    the very tops 
of the pines  which  
    are always green
year -round...

It may be a bit early for 
    the frogs and snails
to come out of the ground,
   and the voice of the
turtles is yet to be heard
   "in our land..."   and 
it has been known 
    to snow    way down
into springtime    
    in these parts...

So it seems like winter 
   was just yesterday
(but it was three days ago)
    and people accuse
The Poet of being 
    "cold-natured" as the 
saying goes and 
    of covering up too much
when it's cold winter-time...

But in reality he stays pretty
    warm all the freezing
days of winter and of life...   
     except for his nose...

People don't really pay 
   much attention to him,
and it's okay   but they 
    oft write, admiring 
his Bear Quilt     and ask

"Where can I get one?"
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MIL
THIRD DAY OF SPRING
24 MARCH 19