- Sarah Van Arsdale
April 18
Another attempt at the WNYC prompt, on Normalcy
Normalcy
O the shrill of daffodils
beneath April’s cloud-clotted skies.
But is the greater thrill
the varied vast array
of human faces
blooming?
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