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What Spring Does Teach
By Don Iannone

Look!
Behold magnificence
in a budding flower,
Watch
as the dogwood
gives birth
to new leaves,
Glimpse
the world
in a single raindrop
that dallies
on a blade of grass,
Marvel
at the gold finch
whose feathers turn
from drab olive
to bright yellow,
Feel
the change
inside yourself,
taking place
as you open
to all the
possibilities of spring.

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