March 2nd

spring breezes are among
the best sensations in the
great vaulting world
if you ask me
and I would know

for instance today I
took someone in my arms
read a newspaper and wondered how the world could seize so easily and without warning
picked up a paycheck in a white stamped envelope
walked in a drizzle in evening air
eating an apple and looking forward
to where I was going
wrote a music review that had a line about poisonous mushrooms
not that they were very relevant

today was
rice krispies in berkeley
an afternoon nap
a conversation about stolen art
and looking, leaning
forward toward
one another
gladly

CDL