A broken tulip

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It’s warm enough now
to hang laundry upside down
off the clothesline
to the tune of the neighbour’s rock music
and everything smells like
burning pine and willow campfire smoke.
Perennials are peeping out
in quick green spurts
and we find wriggling grubs and living worms
as we turn over garden dirt.
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April is almost over – and Spring is here! There is so much to enjoy these days!