Spring and All

they enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter. all about them
the cold, familiar wind-

now the grass, tomorrow
the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf
one by one objects are defined-
it quickens: clarity, outline of leaf

but now the stark dignity of
entrance-still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted, they
grip down and begin to awaken

And then:

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