today we look down and smile\nevery tiny sprig coiled and ready\nto become every worm wakes\nto make his way through the damp\n\ntoday the sun will warm the backs\nof our necks through a breeze still\ncold with winter\u2019s dying breath\nbirds wing above the end of sleep\n\nit\u2019s all over too soon\nbarely goodbye and now another\nhow could i have known\none year ago\n\ntoday i put the basement to rest\nshut down the blue fire horseshoe\ntossed out the box of dust and\nbroken glass bulb spider hulls\n\nit\u2019s all over too soon\nbarely goodbye and now another\nhow could i have known\none year ago\n\nepw 4.6.08 perrysburg, oh