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
