A poem by Rico Provasoli.
the park grows cold early
in the December afternoons,
even as children scream
playfully and their dogs bark.
the old men have long
since left the park benches,
the evening chill gets to
their bones, arthritis flaring.
if they can make it
past the winter equinox,
they tell themselves
as they hobble back home,
everything will be all right
and they hope to do better
at enjoying the banter
in the playground.
like a festival of light,
Jupiter and Saturn
brighten the horizon
in the faded twilight.
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