TELL ME
(Renoir Birth Feb. 25,1841)

Tell me
I will get out
of my delirium
to celebrate with Renoir
this week
his birthday
that my memoir
of spending days
with him at the museum
and dreaming of his shaped
colors need my sadness
not to be reconciled
but to get me away soon
from my wintry exile
into the butterflies sunshine
sitting by the window
watching the snow flakes
hearing a blue bird whistle
at the slate roof shadow
knowing spring will dawn
soon in neon light red
in sands of air
by the thistle branches
with your spring bouquet.