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Spring Counteroffensive
By C. J. Anderson-Wu

(First published by Rat's Ass Fall-Winter 2023 Issue: https://ratsassreview.net/?page_id=4242)

after absorbing the water from
melting snow,
grass and flowers germinate

chamomiles, white clovers, agrostis, poppies, cornflowers, ribwort plantains, mallows, apple blossoms, and guelder-roses… their names overbrim my page

pallas’s gulls reemerge in wetlands,
dalmatian pelicans come back to nest,
moor frogs mate by swamps, and
bush crickets return to meadows

we’d lose some companions during
each advancement
but the counteroffensive must be achieved
before we become too few

some of us would be buried here, while
some of us would be able to unite
with their beloved

if you are the one bringing my parents news about my departure
tell them I have no regrets
some of us will live on in the memories of others, and when
forests are thawing
flowers are blossoming
birds are chirping
tadpoles are swimming

i will be remembered
and every spring is my counteroffensive