Pink sequins

March 3, 2005

Pink sequins -
that's what's left after February rains
wash plum tree flowers
to the sidewalk.
A child says the blossoms
are the crumbs of the tree.
Her mother thinks the sequins
rehearse the coming Spring.
I walk petal-softly toward home.
There's a light on that waits for me -
clean with possibility, like paper.