Dandelion Time

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Away a week of dandelion suns,
their burly April  blooms cheer through deep time;
for solace, three years gone, I turned to them,
will keep faith now, however fortune runs.

The grass shoots lush about their stalwart heads
and over them pear blossom buds deployed;
the thorn's young leaved, the maple's there employed;
blackbird hops in and pecks at earthen beds.

Bright heads, doubly rayed,  wise in their spring haste,
yet resting easy, time untenanted,
unplagued with shaking reminiscence -

though their greens are bitter to the taste
(piquant with savory - add to salad)* -
let them run to seed-globe, wind-drift dance.

though their greens are bitter to the taste(piquant with savory - add to salad)* -let them run to seed-globe, wind-drift dance

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*This doubles as my recipe for the @seasofme tag ;)

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