Rain, early March rain
Heaving against the windows;
March storms in again,
All bluster, as though
Intending to remind me
Of something I know:
As spring will appear
Behind this sorry weather,
So grief, this past year,
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On the first anniversary of my father’s death
Rain, early March rain
Heaving against the windows;
March storms in again,
All bluster, as though
Intending to remind me
Of something I know:
As spring will appear
Behind this sorry weather,
So grief, this past year,
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