Spring is his surprise

Morning was a spring that had come as a surprise to the old man in autumn. In a vernal surprise , the leaves turn light green with nipple sized mangoes on spring trees .A man gets up to go, his towel slung on his right shoulder. A woman hangs out the balcony like a wet cloth drying in spring sun. The old man forgot all about his winter.

Spring is his surprise.

* Old man’s winter
Old man’s winter is forgetful like gorgeous snow . It smothers the recently visited spring still in the heights of the pines . A mere mosquito can make so much of difference .

It is one long winter broken by occasional spring, a few old Apple blossoms tentatively promising fruit by October .But fruit may not come in this kind of snow.

A mosquito can bring dengue to woman .Bitten by mosquito she may not come back for the next spring .

* Dengue death is no-frills death
As a word dengue sounds swift and businesslike.True to its word, it does not take much time to die of dengue even if you are not at an eminenently die-able age.

When you say dengue, you almost sound professional .When you say so-and-so has died of dengue you sound convincing . You know it is a no-frills death .