JULY

Eleventh is a poem called "July," which first appeared in Mirabelle's Country Club for Cats & Other Poems (1986) through my Riverstone Press imprint.

                                                           JULY

In July,
Fireworks!
Independence Day
For the U.S.A.
Also Bastille Day.

We picnic beside the
Old, funny-shaped  tree.
The shade keeping us cool.
The dog out-of-breath
From chasing a bumble bee.

And me,
With my fishing pole,
Wondering if
The fish
Are on holiday too.