boyhood seasons

I recall boyhood winters

swerving corners on best skidoo

mouth vrooming engine

or skating iced streets

sparks flashing from blades

scraping embedded pebbles

I recall boyhood autumns

cool evening dew settling lawn

playing until darkness descends

or shuffling through

leaves like lazy water

on the shore

I recall boyhood summers

sun-freckled days

water-soaked with warmth

with long bike treks on

dust dirt roads

surrounding prairie town

but the spring moments

don’t leap into knowing

I imagine mud a constant

snow mounds shrinking

Easter a yearly yeasty presence

as if I was too busy inside springing brain

to notice the newness

around

me