progress 
strings out 
note
by note by note
plucks and bows sweet melancholy tranced and unaware
while crows warn / while trains rattle off

lovers who kiss at bus stops 
recede in shadow 
the slow sah sah sah of lazy traffic
traps heat and headache 

hey hey hey 
antic stumpy nerves
get it get it get it

something has passed 
something is over
something is done

fear stubborn as rules will not admit a thing
stomps away from what rings true

nota bene

all the green uncurling
all the nubile thorns

spring sorrows

yet to be borne

hardened thorns
soft fingers

Poem and Image by Jo Mariner