Cherry Tree in April

~ annborger

Dark bark
striated trunk
branches threaded
with telephone wire.
Red-and-green buds
swell, open into
pink blossoms.
Thousands of powder puffs
erupt like popcorn.
Stark sticks vanish in
a cotton candy cloud.

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