A Taste of Summer

Forecast for today calls for

a chill of 4 degrees F

but I know Summer’s

on the way-

see & feel from

a park bench I sit upon.

The creek below gurgles

for attention as it

swirls around mounds

of rock & uncovered

wrappers yet to be picked up

for a clean environment.

Through the glaze

of stream’s surface I can see

my childhood-

inside a prism of ecstasy

& a life of natural

causes.