catching drifts of assorted scents
like soaps from showers
perfumes , new blooms
fabric softeners ,
passing by:
a young girl on
training wheels smiling wide to her ears
to me
a country couple, the aroma of southern cooking leaking out
into the air, elderly lady in her duster, husband
wearing overalls slowly
making his way inside to supper
wrap around maroon trim grayish blue porch
two chatty women lounging
snap shots of favourite houses finally figured out
who lives there in the secluded door through the
trees view , 222 mitchell st
tending to her backyard, oblivious of my presence
saturday side roads mostly clear
run into old friend shows me her garden behind her
abode, washed out beach house easter kind of colours, learned new types
of plants, the sky starts to sprinkle,
pedal home before camera gets wet, cool winds
pick up, head down riding into the mess
arrive home catch my
breath on the steps
