Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.
Theodore Rubin.
    fresh summer sweet corn
roasted, with butter and salt
better than chocolate
airport kiosk clerk
barely treading water in
deep sea of boredom
   
  beneath the peach tree
the clutter of fallen fruit
marks summer's passing
 
    the synchronized lurch
of train riders, like reeds
responding to a breeze
respond, submit