We had no spring.
We had winter.
We had winter.
Suncameoutforasecondwhoopsnowitisgone.
We had winter.
And now April 21st. The second day of summer.
In just 48 hours no more logs on the fire.
Fly-sized mosquitos, crickets, frogs, and the smell
of photosynthesis for the first time in months.
There is no slow awakening,
just immersion into sun and bare legs
erasing the memory of our disgruntled months.
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Margaret Elysia Garcia primarily writes fiction, essays and poetry from a remote corner of the Sierra Nevada. She's currently working on a non-fiction book about plus-sized modeling. She's also searching for a publisher for her new collection of stories? Mary of the Chance Encounters. Her short story collection Sad Girls & Other Stories out now on Solstice Literary Press. She blogs here and at Throwing Chanclas and Girl Body Pride. Is a contributor to Hip Mama Magazine. She writes the zine The Adventures of Sad Girl with her daughter, Paloma. She’s a three-time director of the national Listen to Your Mother Show in Plumas County (www.listentoyourmothershow.com). She has an alternative women’s music show Milkshake & Honey on Plumas Community Radio (www.kqny919.org).
