Ode

From the bottom
Of my heart
I present to you this ode:

Fan Boy and Chum Chum Visit in the Shade

(a prepositional phrase-based poem)

Near the traffic-laden intersection where cars speed

Across Legacy and Alma
Beside the busy six-lane thoroughfare

On the sidewalk

At the entrance
To the apartments

In the shade

Beneath the only two trees offering mercy
From the heat that is generated
By the evening’s setting sun

Fan Boy and Chum Chum share their daily visit

In their motorized wheelchairs
Until inevitable darkness arrives

While the rest of the city celebrates the arrival

Of Spring.