and then three
and more (but not quite four)
with only brief intermissions
now and again
well, on the fourth day
(you have to work the previous two
or three)
you go out anyway
take the old camera
and try to snap away
with limited success (of course)
as the lighting conditions
are less than perfect
and the objects
less than cooperative
the swans
grazing and preening
and hissing at a passing mutt
(anything but keep still really)
the leaves
swaying in the breeze
(again, not standing
or hanging
still)
but there it was
a cluster
of yellow blossoms
with raindrops on petals
waiting
for someone
to record
their beauty
