Mexican sun the same
that day as in Kalamazoo
Bananas grown poolside,
lime tree sheds its green tears,
blueberry season in Michigan is right now.
Dew on the grass in the morning,
conversation in Spanish
with Pancho, the gardener
on the arrival of ash
from the volcano to the West.
I once talked to a man planting flowers
in front of the library
back home.