Claudette Bass
March Wind in June
This could be northern climate,
a chill wind attacking under shirts;
in patches sun bleeds through a flat sky,
azure faded like ink on a blotter.
a local restaurant is advertising
senior specials: fifty-five
is now the shadow leading to the grave.
In six years I turn to stone.
No wonder this trotting gust assaults
such weakened bones, remorseless.
My son is cleaning horse stalls,
he strokes the chestnut and her colt.
Above my station, the underbelly of leaves glow
like stars against dark branches,
green flags dance gracefully with light,
focus follows their rhythm.
I have nothing else to do but watch
such transitions, rooted, waiting for my son.
Perhaps this observation is but my aging
attempt at philosophy, perhaps
since this is his season,
his time to shine and grow like this full-headed tree,
I am merely enjoying surviving
a March wind the third week in June.
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