A Summer Picnic

It was
the
first
full day
of
summer
and
95
degrees
Fahrenheit
in
the
shade.


Early evening
a
picnic
for
two
at
lake's edge
near
Palo
where
fishers
of
fish
and
swimmers
alike
stoked
the
waters.


Slipping
into
another world
It seems...
underneath
a tree
whose
leaves
provide
quick relief
from
intense
heat.

Watching
the
bright sun
as it shines
upon the water
or
the
occasional
page turn
of a
novel
just beginning.

The heat
from
two
strikes
of a
match
upon
dry leaves, paper and twigs
blazes.

Time taken
for a
game
of
Scrabble
Even
without
a
dictionary
one
can
"cheat."
C'est la vie

The
return home
such a short jaunt
by automobile
past fields upon fields
25 minutes gone
and
we're back
in the
city.