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The IUP Journal of Commonwealth Literature
Late March in Austin
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The rains come with the hail in the dark,
A pelting from the sky and splintered roofs,
In the morning the pollen leaves marks

on panes like streaks of urine and soot,
bushes outbreak pink blossom like a baby’s breath,
green like the gleam in a cat’s eye, a quicker foot.

Gray skies a tad lighter do not portend death,
But the beginning of Spring in slow measure,
the mane of oily roads seem to sleekly melt

 
 
 

Commonwealth Literature Journal, Late March in Austin, Splintered Roofs, Internet Chokes, Usha Akella.