Piedmont
1.
Autumn
Growth has reached climax
Cactus fruit
It's a long way up
Then you reach the rose garden
Life in the foothills
2.
Flowers of Eastertime
There's a signpost up ahead
This redwood marks the intersection
This mailbox is not even whimsical
it's just weird
A neighborhood garden
Insurgent Spring
I appreciate a little spontaneity
Plant life
increases momentum
Plum blossoms and blue sky
Like freaky cattails
Colors vibrate in April
Iris like edible flesh
Impressive display really
Pleasing visual textures on offer
It gets easier the more often I visit
Walking backward up the inclines
The same plants you may meet on your way up
You might meet up on your way back down
Protean protuberant plants
3.
Summertime
(and the livin's uneasy)
Pink Flamingos
on sale here
Well I'm a King Bee
An odd local custom in places
with a predominantly African-American clientele
Subservient European-American figures by the door
The Theater of Dreams Come True
Summer of Soul
The way South bifurcates
hereabouts
Fasten your bicycles
It's going to be a bumpy ride
The highway obtrudes on
Everyday life
Bye-bye, Birdie
More obstacles for the course
On the periphery of vision
4.
Outro
The Imaginary Avenue runs into
Head of the Lake
Lakeshore Drive becomes the way South
Straight ahead goes aquatic
Grand changes direction
Fearlessly facing Grand Avenue
going West
going West
From Here to Eternity
November 2020- July 2021
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