DANCING IN THE STREET is blasting in the backyard
and I imagine a street parade in my head,
People flipping out and shaking every body part
Turning to strangers and feeling
every note shoot electric joy in their veins
Let it fly. Let it loose. Let it free.
A dance party for the ages.
Yes. That’s what I want.

Yesterday was a washout. A bad day for a wedding or concert-goers or sun chasers.

Today is our gift for that Super Soaker Saturday. I know it’s bad for me but sunshine is an aphrodisiac. I can do anything but I want to sit here and watch for bunnies and birds and the occasional obnoxious bee.

I have my coffee, my iPad, my audio speaker, my music. Good to go.

Knock knock knockin’ on heaven’s door.

Tying up loose ends, fragments of thoughts and observations.

The neighbors are noisy today. 
Saws splitting wood, grinding trucks spinning their wheels, sirens on the street. Someone is in trouble.
The neighbor’s dog, mad barking, losing his temper at strangers on his turf and I don’t blame him. Teach me to let loose, pal.
Birds are screeching. Standing their ground. This is my tree. This is my land.

I sought silence 
here where the wind chimes bang out a jazz beat as if in a sacred sanctuary and the sun is burning through my tee shirt and that rooster lets loose his fierce vocal chords in timely precision. I count the pause in between its calls. Equal in length, every time. Perfect rhythm, chopping into the cacophony, like an orchestra and the players, taking turns, watching the maestro waving his arms in rapture of nature’s unruly music.

The banging of nails and buzzing of bees fade into the air. It seems the show is over. I gather my book and coffee and shoes and half-eaten sandwich, noting I forgot to zip my shorts and no wonder they were loose. Disappointed my body was not the wonderland I hoped it was. I head out to the lobby and buy tickets for the next performance, unsure if I will ever hear the same concert again.