Hattiesburg Winter –
• A couple of days in December
• A week or so in January
• A fortnight in February
• A day or so in March
But this year –
• Fireplace weather for Thanksgiving
• Back of the closet searches for heavy coats and gloves
• School closures for an inch of sleet and ice – no beautiful snow
• Unrelenting miserable gray skies, drizzle, wind
• December, January, February
• On and on and on
Until
• Out the window
• Through the gray mist
• Against the dead browns
• A tiny spot of yellow
• Could it be?
• In the midst of the drab
• One droopy daffodil
Slight, but welcome, suggestion of spring