For spring to begin
mma boy held his breath
and then the breath
mmexploded, the boy’s cheeks
sank—this, this
mmwas the last of winter.
A girl tried to find
mmelusive pockets
in her coat one year
mmtoo large,
a wallflower stepped forward
mmforced to skip rope:
not not-spring
mmand yet not spring.
Then it was so much sun
mmso like breathing in long
finding pockets
mmand getting peppers down
so like April
mmlike spring.
