I
daffodils tinged brown arched over
hunch backed broken
everything
is so ahead of itself
sparrows freeze
as they shatter through
mid march expels them
II
april snow surprises us
and clamps us
to a week
end with no fire wood or wine
we will attempt to save what
we thought we had but
we will see our marriage
tinged brown our kids estranged
III
we could cut stems plant bulbs
wait through thaw of idiot spring
opening
our yellow heads
dropping
our green hearts
Tim Gavin
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/idiot-spring/
