Brightest Young Things

The president of the united states took a walk yesterday, and the awakening sun lit his path for the first time in weeks. He wandered through the rose garden, the briers less menacing and more rosy than they've been in months. He walked through the arboretum, where the willows lifted their soggy heads in greeting and the secret service agents brushed moss from their slacks, smirking at their own clumsiness. From the banks of the potomac, the murk stirred in blossoms as the fish slapped at the mud on the bottom, hunks of dirty ice crashing together as they tumbled over great falls. And on florida avenue, the president climbed onto the biggest pile of snow cinders in the city, anxious advisers clutching purses far below, and put his hand up straight, waving at a sleepy and surprised migrating hawk, who dropped a snake from its mouth which cracked into three equal pieces on top of the Burger King.

For the rest of us, it is still the cold and punishing season, but our great leader is four steps ahead of us in the future, where the wind is warm and flowers bloom. Let us follow him, into that verdant path, with eyes full of the nourishing light of hope, but with hearts still cased in the bud, protected against frost until change has actually come to Washington.

Spring Flings--Spring Breakup
In the Spring Time--John Holt
Enjoy These Spring Flowers--Dr. Jason K. Swedene
A Rainy Spring Day in NY--Student Film
Springtime in the Rockies - The Old Lilac Tree--Olaf Sveen
Springtime, Save Our Country--Mahogany
Florida Silver Springs--The Impossible Shapes
April Bloom--Lior
I Kiss The Flowers In Bloom--The Close Lobsters
I Touch Roses [Full Bloom Version]--Book of Love
Spring Flower--The Great Outdoors
When It's Springtime in Virginia--Owen J. McCormack
Spring Lovers Song (Si Tu Quieres)--Francois Peglau
Early Spring Till--Nathaniel Rateliff
Rise In the Springtime--Lavender Diamond
Spring Diet of Flowers at Night--Frank Sherlock