A BUD STIRS
A brightly colored bud-
If you look closely
Has already spoken change
A subtle parting, a movement of tight-wrapped, nascent petals
May be observed
Pristine droplets of clear rainwater-
Invest the developing bloom
A ladybug performs its mandatory reconnaissance-
Climbing up to peer at the future
A colorful butterfly alights so briefly
Knowing instinctively-
Beauty and Fragrance is on the way
pliny (attrib. to Leonard N. Shapiro, 2012)
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