Two girls cusping puberty, long smooth legs, selling tiny succulent buds in pudding plates on the side of the footpath. Their merchandise highlighted by an arrangement of glass pebbles, of Turkish evil-eye blue .
Tips of bare branches on the trees in the park are fuzzy with green shoots erupting in super slow motion.
Two young women wearing black tee's, long shorts and studded belts, are towed along by a boxer pup. They stop and sit in the grass, and snog for a bit.
A couple. Sharply dressed young man in a grey fedora, pretty woman with burnt butterscotch hair, unfurl a rug and scatter cushions about. They lie holding each other for a bit, then he unfolds a paper, and she dives into a chip packet.
An old couple, leading a chocolate Lab stroll past.
The two girls finish kissing and stand. A guy in a white singlet, with the top-heavy look of having done weight training jogs past. He stops to play with the boxer pup, and chat to the girls.
I sit with my back against a tree trunk, and tip my head back. The sharp contrast between leaf dappled shade and the bright sunlight shifts across my lips. Reminds me of when I had nerve endings so new that pleasurable sensations were almost painful.
Spring is my favourite season. Not to hot, not too cold. Jusssst right.
we're heading into autumn here, but, to me, it has that same "just right" feel. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd we are just starting the long slide into Autumn.
ReplyDeleteI adore autumn best... the beginnings of spring are lovely as well.
ReplyDeleteVery lovely piece of writing, Dave... I miss reading you.