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hope like arugula sprouts
big enough to be seen
from a second-floor window

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cat out and leap-chasing
shadows—sparrow, crow,
flick/sway of still-bare branches

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water wind-rippled in bird baths
sometimes sun-shimmered, reflecting
on redbud bark

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that april blizzard and how
we could see again
smooth-swirl snow on rooftops,
dollops on red-budded trees