Calm Sense

by Chuck Forester

after Mary Ruefle

Perhaps it is now
the three men laughing
as they close up the Outdoor
Adventure Shop

Now when I know
I don’t laugh like that
anymore

Now time
to know
that I did

At the end of the street
is the lake, and I am walking
down to it

Chuck Forester lives in San Francisco. E-mail: Cqforester at aol dot com