POETRY/PHOTOGRAPHY

Full Bloom

Even presidents stand at attention during this spring celebration

You — peaked out from beyond winter’s pale face and made an early appearance this year.

Showed — pink, white, lush and lovely on the avenue and basking in the birth of springtimes past.

Our — sometimes heroes sometimes betrayers, like Washington, Lincoln, but especially Jefferson —

Presidents — set in stone, who linger in your glorious path of a glorious past

What — things are really like in D.C., the Heart of America.

Majesty — with winsome pulchritude, modest humility and shy but brave grandeur —

You possess.

All of this in each bloom you present to the world.