TODAY AT HOME A quiet rain sifts down, the air is rain-washed pure; my lungs expand like umbrellas. Scarlet geranium flowers sing sweet as saxophones, while white chive stars are piccolos. How has autumn arrived unnoticed? Green passionfruit swell in the

TODAY AT HOME

A quiet rain sifts down,
the air is rain-washed pure;
my lungs expand like umbrellas.

Scarlet geranium flowers
sing sweet as saxophones,
while white chive stars are piccolos.

How has autumn arrived unnoticed?

Green passionfruit swell in the tangles
of leaves and bright tendrils
reaching over rusty chicken wire.

The grapefruit tree is studded with dark globes
that will swell and lighten till they offer
liquid sunshine in midwinter.

And the bush whispers: hush, quieten.
Treetops may toss with wind up there,
but in our oasis, calm is queen.