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