@Museworthy: 'Little Daffodils of Spring'

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Museworthy

'Little Daffodils of Spring'
for Michelle A Taylor

The killing is warm
and separates us,
keeps us going
We run to the dead
as we never would
to the living
There is a secret about this
badly kept
because we know the way
life unworks itself
Yellow leaves the field for the eye
What is cruel finds history
where it may shelter,
find new legs,
and again learn to walk
And there you are
among the little daffodils of Spring
sharing whatever is in your hands
with all who can
with some part of themselves
love what grows
You know that judgement
bends itself back to the judge
That justice
is what the smallest flower knows

BY MTC CRONIN

MTC Cronin has had seven books of poetry published, the most recent being Bestseller (Vagabond Press, 2001) and My Lover's Back — 79 Love poems (UQP, 2002). After being employed for most of the 1990s in law, she has in recent years begun teaching literature and creative writing at secondary schools and universities. She is currently working on a PhD, Poetry and Law: Discourses of the Social Heart. Her books are available by contacting her at <margie_cronin@hotmail.com> or phone (02) 9550 2918.

From Green Left Weekly, April 10, 2002.
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