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A Sudden Spring

Christian Ward


Wild daffodils appeared
like pop up shops
to distract us from the pandemic
turning our lives into shoeboxes.

All bright. All wearing shades
of Spring: yellow, white and yellow,
orange and yellow. Limited
stock to enjoy while the cold

was friendzoned and the temperature
rose until the need for thinner jackets
and sunglasses. Variety came
in abundance: small daffodils

like miniature lamps, larger flowers
sucking in the heat, others posing
for a thousand Instagram posts;
with the odd shy one hidden among

a belt of white and purple crocuses.
I can’t say if the memory of the flowers
will last like a Polaroid or be kept
in a shoebox under the bed -

to be unopened until a sudden bang
jars the memory, flooding back the light.

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