As we break out of the snowy gray days and welcome spring, we can't help but feel that
child-like, giddy lightness as the trees show their new buds, the fresh green springs from
the ground, and the ice on our stone fountains begins to thaw out.

 

 

 

 

[in Just-]

by E. E. Cummings

 

in Just-

spring          when the world is mud-

luscious the little

lame balloonman

whistles          far          and wee

and eddieandbill come

running from marbles and

piracies and it's

spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer

old balloonman whistles

far          and             wee

and bettyandisbel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's

spring

and

         the

                  goat-footed

balloonMan          whistles

far

and

wee