On a strange spring

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while we are

isolating

retreating

dying back

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spring is

engaging

advancing

being born

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the temerity of daffodils?

wearing yellow to a funeral?

arriving rejoicing to a dirge?

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they have earned their colours

knowing year on year

both death and resurrection

being born and lost and born again

for such a time as this.

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(c) Andy McNeish