Alison Cassidy - After the Stroke

Oh let us celebrate this first of spring
And slip the rosy sun between your toes
And warm the frosty cup of your complaint
And ease the pain of your imagining.

Oh let me fill your head with daffodils,
And melt the fear that lingers in your brain
And light the fire of your belligerence
That you might laugh and make a fist again

The jonquils are a-nodding in the garden
The kookaburras joke upon the fence
The brave new world of now is round the corner
Oh let’s not waste this precious second chance.

Alison Cassidy

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