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it has been very hot.
a mind-numbing hot and dry summer.
it’s hot on the sidewalk where the dino hearts flowers,
so gather in the shade,
or near a pedestrian walk away.

late spring cleaning -

rooting about in the corners of february, march and april when
may springs flat out in the race to june and summer vacation.

looking back is good, sometimes.

I was walking on Houston this morning and I saw a woman walking in my direction.
She was walking with her dog. It was a small dog with floppy white hair.
The dog was wearing a pink striped sweater.
I can’t remember what the woman was wearing.

As I passed them, I noticed that the dog was also wearing eye goggles.
I didn’t have time to stop and ask about the eye-wear, but it haunted me for several blocks.

This afternoon, i was walking up Broadway – near Union Square and I saw this.

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hours past the equinox and now it is spring.

I walk around the city, my head crammed full of winter and snow.

the warmth of the spring day brings new color to my eye, new lightness to my step.

snow / rain / slush /
a day of moisture in the air
leaving an ice coating on the  ground followed by inches of fluffy white snow.
the day following, more flakes fall and it will freeze at night.

and tomorrow – more flakes fall.
A month of snow in fits and starts leaves a carpet of white and wet this winter.