buzzing bees
dancing shoes
honey spreads
joyous news
of spring in brooklyn
red leaves down south
a mysterious glow
a gazelle flies by
to let us know
it’s spring in brooklyn
making me smile
like the taste of a date
i sit on a hill
and contemplate
spring in brooklyn
a new kid in town
sliding into the slope
an embodiment of
tiny immense hope
from spring in brooklyn
the caress of a stream
the kiss of a fish
let’s close our eyes
and make a wish
for spring in brooklyn
Johannesburg
March 2001