Poem 39

See Poem 37 for an explanation as to what's going on here.

from Fulton’s Guide to Unofficial Seasons


Winter’s shrug,
sometimes known as
beige spring,
occurs around the last of Februrary
and the first greening of March.
Rituals mark this time
of now-useless precautions.
In one instance
Dakota Schultz,
patient for nothing specific,
kicks traction gravel around
a high school parking lot.
It's Tuesday morning.
Behind the fence
the grass lies flat
and yellow in fields,
and the sky shares its
blue when it sees fit.
On these days
he may notice
white clouds in the sky
behind the branches of a tree.
Mr. Schultz should not be alarmed
if these turn out to be blossoms,
eager for the emerging warmth.