(Scorching red-brick sidewalk
July hot
Ninety-five degrees)
Smooth French music
Bubbles up and floods the street
The cooling voice of Charles Aznavour
Pulls me
Down
Into
This sanctuary of shade
Mahogany and rattan
Table for one
Vegetarian omelet
Tall blue glass of clinking lemon water
Sips of Chardonnay
Nearby whispers
Hushed invitations
The Regatta, Old Sculpin Gallery opening, Yacht Club
dance,
Sunday afternoon lawn party
The huge white sheets of
Two giant schooners slide out of the harbor
The cool easy flow of money.
Below the white linen tablecloth
At my feet
A well-bred
Brown sparrow
Hops about
Politely
Pecking at almond croissant crumbs.
Cindy Douglas was a first grade teacher at the Edgartown school for many years. She now divides her time between Portland, Oregon, and the Island.
