Anna Couani #192 springtime (after Chrysogonus #12)

spring cleaning bug bites

and uproots the bed sheets

everything needs cleaning

winter dust has settled

in a greasy patina

it’s got to go

dish up a mushroom omelette

and off to market

to work to shop

to find daffodils

wash the scarves

now spring sunlight filters through the venetians

outside the mimosa is in bud

the bougainvillea is sprouting again

under the monitor

the papers books and paperweights

so sunny and still

and your curls are turning silver