hard as nails,
thin,
arthritic,
rheumatic,
septic eruptions
on cold feet,
watery nose,
and sorry bag of effluvium
and entrails,
up for the erectile,
and somewhere to go.
Lakeside path,
snowdrop,
primrose,
daffodil,
an early bee,
an ermine's fur
turning brown,
an effusive gushing
of butterflies, gold-
finches, flycatchers,
two seasons
in equilibrium.
The rest is fusion.
