Warm Weather in Mid-March

A warm and welcome

March wind blows

our fair hair leaves break loose

from the poplars and soar

almost high like our red-yellow kite

then land noiselessly

on tops of cars, trucks and roofs.

Dust devils excite and threaten

us as we blink for protection

and sand soaks in making our scalps

gritty-itchy as we play, untiringly

shriek amid dogs barking

premature buds new green grass

cars and trucks passing by with

rolled-down windows and

although the spring is false

our joy, thirst and shortness

of breath are the contrary.