Five tiny scenes, all of them about animals, add up to a portrait of early spring. A squirrel buries its nut again and then acts as though it's just looking for food, as if nobody saw. Turkeys scatter in opposite directions, and the speaker, caught in the middle of the confusion, turns in circles. That detail feels playful, and it also suggests how disoriented the season can make a person.
The clocks go forward, and the speaker listens to earthworms rustling in the dark. Then comes a hopeful search for the woodcock, which ends with only the moon. The final surprise is a wolf spider in the bathtub, announced with an exclamation mark, as though it were good news.
The speaker seems curious, amused, and a little unsettled. The mood is light and observant, with real pleasure in small, ordinary wonders. Even a disappointment, like the missing bird, feels gentle rather than sad.