Springtime
Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedRaindrops tip
across my hood, tip
the tops of cars, the street,
which is littered
with dog shit
and surgical masks.
From the faint glow
of a Dunkin Donuts
a lone impassive worker
like statuary
before an electric array
of frostings, taps his phone.
There is pleasure in sweets
and savage weather.
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