It Looks Like Spring Has Come, But Don’t Be Fooled

Two days of suddenly warm weather here in New York City brought this poem to mind,
though it’s really too early to think about it . . .

APRIL IS NOT THE CRUELEST

“Finally,” he said,  
”the daffodils are here — 
and all that malarkey.” 
It’s a steal-worthy line 
making perfectly clear 
that spring has come, 
and that a great matter 
like the season’s arrival 
faces scoffers like us 
who prefer not to dote. 
April is not the cruelest. 
It must be June or May, 
when daffodils wilt 
and die away.

jh