Sam Schaus

Oklahoma Spring – 70 degrees –

sunny and windy – 

when it used to be too early for tornadoes –

but, you never know now – 

the wind sometimes chilly,

sometimes warm –

I don’t know why that is, but

I remember it.

There are enough meteorologists

in Oklahoma

to explain why this is.

I only know this – 

I remember – remember a lot

or too much –

I think to myself –

introducing our youngest to 

his grandparents at the cemetery –

the Bradford pears in bloom, 

stinking up the place

as they do every year.

I will remember this –

even if he won’t.