The Forth Season

When a grandchild is born and her name told.

The Forth Season

When heat waves skate the interstate.
When sunfish sales catch the noonday sun.
When a boy and a girl stay out late.
When the barker calls as the wheel was spun.
When my cradle rock the Baby James.
In the drunken hour I walk on A.
In the lost days of freedom and pain, 
I watch morning from the night cafe.

When sunset calls from down …