I <br /> <br />daffodils tinged brown arched over <br />hunch backed broken <br /> <br />everything <br />is so ahead of itself <br /> <br />sparrows freeze <br />as they shatter through <br /> <br />mid march expels them <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />april snow surprises us <br />and clamps us <br /> <br />to a week <br />end with no fire wood or wine <br /> <br />we will attempt to save what <br />we thought we had but <br /> <br />we will see our marriage <br />tinged brown our kids estranged <br /> <br /> <br />III <br /> <br />we could cut stems plant bulbs <br />wait through thaw of idiot spring <br /> <br />opening <br />our yellow heads <br /> <br />dropping <br />our green hearts<br /><br />Tim Gavin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/idiot-spring/
