A Litany of a Celebration

a warm day
bluest sky
crisp air
autumn colors
pancakes drenched in maple syrup
 at Gould's Sugar House
and a twenty-five cent
soft maple ice cream cone for dessert
Photo shoot at ancient glacier pot holes
where the world's largest pothole, thirty-nine
feet in diameter, exists with a six inch version
Walking across the Bridge of Flowers
where flowers preen for photographers
and erase the memory of trolley cars
carrying lumber or apples and pears
across the Deerfield River
Driving home past a river drawn
into herself with stepping rocks
for those who want to explore
for anyone willing to follow

Wrapped presents
stacked like a cairn
wait for me
and a card
telling of a forever love

Perfect