One October Day
Michael Kroth • June 13, 2019
October sun and air so clear you can
reach out
and almost touch the mountains
it seems with the tip of your finger
girls' and boys' grassy parks
and dogs walking their men and women
round and round
lovers sit on striped
blankets, old towels,
anything, just to share
in October sun and air so clear
to be together in a world
of separateness
connected to each other
but also to the
boys and girls and dogs
and men and women of the park
one October day.
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