Pfft.

This is a time

of renewal, rebirth?

Please.

Here, we all sneeze more.

It rains.

Dumb slutty kids

underdress for prom.

There, the ice is still frozen.

But.

I saw a female cardinal

in its dull brown beauty

stand out against the brightness

of the day.

It endures.

Not the rejection,

but the recognition of winter.