blue arms direct traffic
converging on the 20th century coliseum
crowds are carried along
on the music of crunching
peanuts, popcorn, and crackerjacks
arm in arm sweater and blouse
twist and turn their way
to sit and cheer

again blue arms direct traffic
receding now to coffee shops
slowly leaves hang still
as the breeze from the crowd
fades and dies as distant music

evening sun and moon vie
for supremacy of the sky
as shadows darken and deepen
arm in arm sweater and blouse
twist and turn their way
to sit and hear
leaves falling sighs sighing

face to face sweater and blouse touch
and held together
shut out space and time
paradise as sweater and blouse
are one with noon and stars

together falling gently as leaves
embracing softly as waves on a beach
carried higher and higher until
floating softly to earth
as the sun gently
breaks across the horizon
arm in arm sweater and blouse
perceive the world anew

blue arms direct traffic
to the parting where
space and time return
to wonder when again
arm in arm sweater and blouse
will twist and turn
to fall as leaves
embraces as waves

08/13/2007