I Need to Tell You About the Tulips  

by EDER I. AGUILAR

there are tulips that blossom every spring  
on the Boulevard. 
i’m not sure if they blossom on their own or if they are
planted there.  
that doesn’t matter 
to me  
what matters is that these tulips are there 
in the earth and they blossom  
and they are beautiful 
and they are worthy of admiration.  

what i mean is that, next year  
a new class will blossom in that same earth   
but there is nothing like that first  
batch that holds space 
in your garden 
the way that first class does. 

i look forward to every spring and i look forward to
the tulips next year