20.7.12

A SIMPLE NOTE

I FREQUENTLY ALLOW MY MIND TO STRAY COURSE AND SETTLE ITSELF UPON A DAYDREAM. THE VISIONS PRODUCED WARM ME FROM THE CORE. AS OF LATE MY MIND HAS SETTLED ITSELF INTO A CHAIR OF A COFFEE SHOP, LOOKING OUT THROUGH A VOLUMINOUS FROSTED WINDOW. CRISP LEAVES, INTERMINGLED WITH CLUSTERS OF FLOATING SNOW, SWIRLING THROUGH THE AIR AS BOOTED FEET SHUFFLE PAST. A COLOR WHEEL OF SCARVES ENCIRCLE THE DELICATE NECKS OF STRANGERS, WHOSE ROSY CHEEKS EAGERLY ENTICE SANTA TO PREPARE FOR CHRISTMAS. KNIT, WOOL, AND UNGODLY ANIMAL HATS SNUGLY PERCH ATOP CURLY, STRAIGHT, LIGHT, AND CRIMSON LOCKS. EBONY STREETS GLISTEN. STURDY OAKS AND DAINTY SAPLINGS BARE ALL THEIR CURVES IN CONFIDENCE. AS THE PANORAMIC VIEW TURNS THE CORNER ONCE AGAIN TO MY WINDOW SEAT, I'M SEEN CLUTCHING A CERAMIC MUG OF TEA. GLASSES PERCHED ATOP THE INHERITED JEWISH BUMP ON MY NOSE. BRIGHT EYES DEVOURING THE ATMOSPHERE. AND A HUMBLE HEART, THOUGHT NOT SEEN, BEATING A TUNE OF SIMPLE APPRECIATION.