EASTER IN DETROIT

 

In the corner of the backyard were the hydrangeas

Mother called them snowballs

Before the hydrangeas bloomed in the summer

there were little snowball blossoms

on the clover in the spring

which attracted the bees

Big black and yellow bumble bees

to come out from underground to buzz

around and drink from the clover.

And I wonder now why I never took a shovel and paid the

bees a visit.

Two giant plums that had more thorns than plums

A bird bath, a swing set,

And two tall thin acorns that Dave and I

climbed to the very top and swayed

while we looked out over Lake St Clair.

I remember showing my sister how to catch a bee in her hand

if you held it tight enough it could not sting your hand.

My little sister Lisa

Lisa only tried it once.

Lisa could not hold it tight enough.

Poor Lisa.

My mother wore me out.

STEVE, 2/6/2019