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A POET ON MONDAY IN APRIL, by                    
First Line: I am glad today is april
Last Line: O well -- a poet has to dream --
Subject(s): April


I am glad today is April.
At dawn there came to me the thought
To gather roses drenched in morning dew --
My throat was tight with my imagined joy --
I had no garden, though --

At highest noon a wild canary sang and sang
Its simple lay outside my open window,
And I wanted -- O so much! -- to scatter crumbs
As free as my gold-winged happiness;
But when I turned, the bird was gone.

And then this twilight late, as I was walking down the street,
I saw a line of neatly laundered clothes
Which brought to mind the beauty of a patterned life,
With everything arranged in exacting simplicity --
O well -- a poet has to dream --





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