FLOWERS OPENING AT SPRING-TIME
Driving on the way to work
I saw a flower op’ning…
Running along the near sidewalk
With ponytail behind jolting.
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Oh, to be young and fresh once more,
To run in sheer abandon…
Crocuses and dandelions too
Will push up as though random!
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I cannot run like that,
It is not of my choosing…
I have grown too stiff and fat
And my youth I’m losing!
–Jonathan Caswell
By the Mighty Mumford 