My allergies are in full force today, pollen swaying in the air under my nose like a sweetly scented piñata explosion….
Rich pigments blink anew
on alder branches aloft –
amber-colored catkins,
countless weepy, oblong
piñatas punched
by turbid air, burst forth
showers of pollen-laden haze,
sending me in sneezing fits
to my knees.
Photo of alder catkins from ubcFarmblog at:
http://friendsoftheubcfarm.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/wednesday-walkabout-march-18th/img_3968/