A simple water fountain
At the top of the lawn
A sip
of water from the Catskills
Many miles to the north
Up the Hudson___
A gentle October evening
Children run on the grass
Play tag
An ancient game
Always new ti the very young___
Dogs on leashes
Squirrels munch on acorn
Fallen into the season's first pile of leaves
From a yellow leafed tree
Grackels flit from branch to branch
Most humans on a phone
Talking
Texting
Blind to the wonders of Fort Greene Park___
Sad their blindness
Detached from thos oasis of nature
Unable to appreciate our existence
___
But not everyone is lost
An old man complimented my straw cowboy hat
Bought in Montana
Thirty years ago
traveling with Ms. Virginia
I see her in Chico Hot Springs
Laughing on a horse
Gone
From this Now
but with me in eternity
Her laugh
Her smile
Her love
With me even now
In Fort Greene Park
As the sun sets behind the Polytech
Fire engines racing to a blaze
On Myrtle Avenue
Raindrops from above
From yellow grey clouds
With leaves falling from the trees
Oh such joy
To have nowhere to go
Except to quench my thirst
At the fountain
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