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 Spring Will Be Pretty

Spring will be pretty. 

Just give it a week, 

when flowers are blooming 

down by the creek. 

Bees will be buzzing 

as trees start to bud, 

But for the moment 

I'm covered with mud. 

Snow has been melting, 

since winter is through, 

Replacing the whiteness 

with puddles of goo. 

I stepped off the sidewalk 

and into the ooze. 

Next thing I knew, 

I stepped out of my shoes! 

Mud on my ankles 

and mud on my clothes. 

I stumbled face-first 

and got mud up my nose. 

Spring will be pretty, 

but I must confess, 

The first days of spring 

are a muckety mess!

- Dave Crawley