New Jersey Spring

Blue and white plastic bags

Wrinkled and breathing

In the sun 

Like recently

Hit roadside 

Poached egg

Carcasses

Of various 

Wildlife.

Yellow bags 

With smiley faces

On them

Fluttering.

“Have A Nice Day!”

Crime scene tape

Entangled 

In trees

And shrubbery

Waving like wheat

Or back-to-pasture

Seed grass.

Bright white styrofoam

Or pretty cardinal bird red

Fast food containers

Blossoming 

From 

Yet 

Unmowed green grass.

Tractor trailer

Retreads

Piled on the side of I-78

Like granite mountains

Amidst 

The chamomile

And wild rose.

The early colors

Of Spring

As it comes into bloom

In the lovely 

State of New Jersey.