the first day of spring!...

it's here, the first day of spring...the day which leads other days to longer, warmer, light-filled ones...the day where my neighbour takes his lawnmower out to the driveway and dusts it off...in his mind the first day of spring is a segue to sweeping his driveway three times a day, mowing the law three times a week, yelling at his wife in italian everyday, roaming his property in sandals and undershirt as if he were caesar augustus....ah yes, the first day of spring!...the other morning i heard the robin singing before the sun rose in the east...there he was perched up high on the maple tree as if he were the emperor of my hood...the intensity of his song echoed over the sleepy houses...it was haunting, yet lovely in it's performance....i love spring and most everything that comes with it (except the fellow who lives directly east of me)...i wish today to be the first of the best days to come in your life...may you find a patch of sun and have it shine on you, filling your soul with possibilities...go and be your own caesar augustus!...