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
i was walking in chicago
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