A Day Like Any Other …

Jane Freilicher: Still Life with Yellow Flowers

Spring has sprung …

It’s the yellow dust inside the tulips.
It’s the shape of a tulip.
It’s the water in the drinking glass the tulips are in.
It’s a day like any other.

James Schuyler: February

And, okay, I know the flowers in the Freilicher painting are not tulips, just as I know it’s no longer February, but in the overall scheme of things …

Jane Freilicher