Spring Cleaning

The housekeeping tasks
devoted to Spring's entrance
have finally begun. An
embarrassment of rudely
impolite detritus is slowly
released from their rigid
icekeeping as the soft
cleansing of spring rain
tips generously from the ceiling 
of grey to wash the world
below of its tired burden
of winter's leavings. A wan
silvery nimbus suggesting
heat and light struggles
vainly to penetrate the
grey to release the imprisoned
sun eager to fulfill its spring
function. Soon enough it
will prevail, bringing green
shoots to life, fodder for
a host of returning migrants.