Thursday, April 17, 2025

signs of spring

i went home this weekend.

until i got there i hadn't seen the right signs of spring. 

on campus there are no spring peepers in the small pond by my shed. i can't listen to them while i fall asleep. 

on campus i don't get woken up by birds. i can't hear them over the vents outside my window. 

i hadn't seen how full the stream near my house was with snowmelt. i saw the buds on trees, but they weren't all around me. 

i didn't know the frost heaves in my road; the mud didn't cover my boots. i need to sink into it all.

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