Mint Julep

It is just enough

to break open a midwest summer

just add

gossiping insects

sultry walks

embarrassingly disobedient hair

and

“The Ohio”

 

I sink into a cool night

with a slight breeze of cricket-song ~~~

 

I swish white sugar and water

in the bottom of a glass

muddle some mint

plop ice

then bourbon and

bring on the guitar!

 

It takes little,

really,

to be happy:

 

home grown mint,

a place to call safe

and a voluptuous summer night  

 

Today I could kneel on the ground

in praise