Small Joys

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Feeling the sun and ocean air on my open legs as I eat lunch in a spring dress

The smiling, outstretched arms of a yellow fire hydrant

Toffee colored calves on a young woman in high heeled leather wedgies

The dormant oil pumps along side the road, crooked like crane's necks

Remembering a summer place in childhood and a whittling grandfather nearby

Don Quixote riding home on a crickety old bicycle, weaving down the street with plastic bags strapped to the handle bars

A slice of volkornbrot and a slab of chocolate for dessert