Nature breaks into applause
As the first spring thaws occur.
The creeks begin to run again.
The first clear droplets on the rocks
Below clap their tenuous approval
And wait for the rest
To come say, "Yes,
That was a very good show."

One bird chirps out a cat call
For the starlet whose barely dressed.
Her nakedness is winter's strange disguise,
But the eyes will barely know
As she starts to show,
Pregnant by spring
And the large green of summer
Will cover the secret birth.

But by next year stark cheekbones appear,
And the cold will drop her.
But nothing will ever stop her.
No redress for those who might question
Her eternal virgin-ness,
Or that the show must go on.

-jenn