AN UNUSUAL DAY
The spring sun flowed out across Sweden
as if it was paid by the acre.
Everything was better than last time.
Far outside the three-mile limit
one saw herring dancing in galoshes.
Not even the dove sat still
on a lily-stem.*
* Reference to a Swedish folk song:
Duffuan sitter på Lilie quist/Hon sjunger så fagert om Jesu Christ
(The dove sits on the lily stem/She sings so sweetly of Jesus Christ)
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