February Comes Around Again
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Of all the senses none like the nose
For calling memories to mind
In floats a perfume thin as a ghost
The past is present one more time
Of all the measures of any year
There is a month like nothing else
Catches the iris tongue and the ears
But mostly it’s the smell
The air in February
Is crisp as it is heavy
A promise of tomorrow in the wind
Juniper and jasmine
Announce each season passing
Until February comes around again
Across the surface a sheet of glass
Where the winter moonlight shines
The scent is dancing the frozen dance
Of another valentine
- September 2021 - #502