Almost Always Spring

(for Antoine St. Exupery)

draw my planet please
I said to St. Exupery one fine dream.
I think you can.

draw it from dot to dot and if you please
draw the trees with gold foil leaves
and flowers of peridot.

that's asking a lot of an artist who had
to draw a lamb in a box
a box without locks

I understand.
do the best you can.
my planet is my own

always only, Home.
where the lights filter down from the green
the very green stars

and it's always almost always-
Spring in the yard.

mary angela douglas 13 june 2020