ah   silly Croci

‘tis you I espy

on a corner

somewhere

under tree

 

is there more

to this winter

you can defy

 

your purple-plush

flower

stands firm

to air

      everywhere

in February

 

there must be

some mix up

 

too early

to show up

 

though

here you are

single eye

to the sky

 

the sun

is all up

             iris-eyed p’up

 but

why are you here

in the chill

winter air

 

too early

for Croci

to come up

 

it’s here

where you ask

as I’m walking past

 

softly

quietly

I hear

 “s’up?”

 

 

©2013, Marvin Welborn

Revised 21 March 2014.