the slamming screen door

and the throttle linkage

on my fifteen-oh-three tractor

that's the green one

use expansion springs

the shocks on my truck

and yours

and the pogo stick which

lies in the dusty bin of memory

use compression springs

if the ponds are breaching the banks

if the creeks are chattering

if the hillside ferns

have shed their winter ennui

then the springs are running

if the air carries a heralding wind

if the daffs are thinking about it

if the birds and critters are acting insane

if my step is strangely buoyant

then it must be spring

not all is la-ti-da

the wind also carries portent

but for now 

find sanctuary in what is at hand

let spring be spring