Labor Day Walk
Walking in the early-morning freshness, Breathing in the gift of air cleansed by last evening's rains Seeing... the single reddening branch on the maple tree around the corner... further along, the dogwood with every leaf tinged with dusky red, while her more-than-nodding-acquaintance neighbor remains resplendently green... the purple morningglories glorifying the shrubs over which they spread... the tightly-closed seed pods studding the magnolia where once creamy flower bowls bloomed... Hearing... the absence of traffic, as the human populants remain at home on this holiday morning... the abundance of birdsong r...