Grateful

The huge mauve jacaranda tree

down the street on South Tremaine

in full bloom

                   two stories high

It made me so happy

And then

the first cherries of the season

at the Palisades Farmers Market

                          Sunday morning

“What a blessing!”

I exclaimed to Anjani

And then the samples on waxed paper

of the banana cream cake

and the coconut cream cake

         I am not a lover of pastry

but I recognized the genius of the baker

and touched my hat to her

                         A slight chill in the air

seemed to polish the sunlight

and confer the status of beauty

                        to every object I beheld

Faces bosoms fruits pickles green eggs

newborn babies

                        in clever expensive harnesses

I am so grateful

to my new anti-depressant