Fort Greene Park # 11

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