It is perpetual summer here.
The Hawaiian white gardenia diverts my attention and pulls me close.
I shut my eyes and bend forward to smell its pungent perfume.
And I am twelve again.
And chilled as I pass the two lilac bushes to my left.
My black faux leather knee-high boots with the two-inch heels click-clack over the cracks and potholes
of the old establishment.
Our reward is in sight
The case made
petitions signed
The bar lowered
advocating
a female’s choice
to wear Levi’s to and within the Elementary School.
A kinder Spring is in the forecast
signaling the beginning
to replace other outdated rules.
Baby steps on this boomer’s path.
1/30/26
Leave a Reply