The April Witch
Into the air, over the valleys, under the stars, above a river, a
pond, a road, flew Cecy. Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as the breath
of clover rising from twilight fields, she flew. She soared in doves as soft
as white ermine, stopped in trees and lived in blossoms, showering away in
petals when the breeze blew. She perched in a lime-green frog, cool as mint
by a shining pool. She trotted in a brambly dog and barked to hear echoes
from the sides of distant barns. She lived in new April grasses, in sweet
clear liquids rising from the musky earth.
It's spring, thought Cecy. I'll be in every living thing in the world
tonight...
- Ray Bradbury, "The April Witch", Saturday Evening Post, April 5th 1952.
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