imagining heatwave accommodation
(3 poems)


having a green day

when I think on Robert Louis Stevenson
his verses for children
I imagine a pastel illustration
pale colors of
children at play

there is a swing

which might mean there a book
I’m thinking of
with the picture at
the front
or with
the title

a green-bound book
it seems
though what other color
to represent the liveliness
of play

a green day
washing the gloom away for
children with
a swing to play on
and
with care


summer accommodation

and shall we say
let’s have
a day

get out there
if
shaded from the sun
so that only the light of life gets
through

an appreciate of the colors
paled
beholding all the surfaces
the textures
sights and sounds
things to smell and taste
leaving
what
why
to hear in the surfaces and textures
too

and course through the hours
with a purpose
do our jobs
then toward earned play
(if
a child then with
the understanding that it is
the child’s
job)
to have some trusted company
trustworthy enough
for jobs
and play

a fullness in
the day
accrued regardless of intention
but
but the mind and body worked
into completion
then
the fullness of the night
with rest

while third-shifters
must go
the other way
to
have the filling hours


should we get there

I recall
a picture of a fountain
at La Alhambra

adding imagination
with
the wish to be there
if a moment
to let the spray strike me
the lavishness of
water
for play
in a dry land

how many tour
while I can only hope each time’s
a
treasure


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photo by Sebastian Yepes on Unsplash