i was walking in chicago

i caught a whiff
          of spring just now
outside the school
          in middle march
the breeze is brisk
          but it is not cold
there is some snow
          still on the ground tho’
yet by nightfall
          dark will come the
colder wafts return as
          winter breezes back
but in this scent
          i do suspect
it won’t be long
          the icy, frigid
frost-bound days
          aren’t with us
curs’d no more