Frost - May 26 2021

 

Frost

May 26 2021

They're calling for frost.

Yet yesterday was a scorcher,

muggy and hot

as if summer were here to stay.

Odd weather, these days,

whipsawed this way and that

as if the gods of weather

were at war,

and we

the poor earthbound creatures

who thought there was some kind of order

to the ways of the world

are collateral damage;

dressing in the wrong clothes,

watching our gardens

succumb to the cold,

looking up at the sky

bewildered.

But, of course, there are no gods

no one's in charge.

And change, as they say, is good.

So let go

of any expectations

illusions of control.

Cover the garden.

Get out the wool socks.

And if it snows

don't bother shovelling,

it will summer be soon enough.