Pushing a Stroller
Alex Berkley
In the aftermath of a rainy day
Paints a little portrait of the zeitgeist
The runners who
Curve onto the road
Keeping six feet distance
The angry bald man
With a mask hanging round his neck
(And black knee socks reaching to his shorts)
Yelling at a barking dog through somebody’s window
The park so beautiful and green
Dotted yellow with dandelions
Kids rapping while riding bikes
Making weird eye contact through windshields
Expressions masked
And we walk the loop round the perimeter
And there’s an old man smoking and eating a sandwich
There are people walking dogs
Couples holding hands
Before you know it, there’s actually some blue in the sky
Like Bob Ross just changed his mind about something
I watch Clem stretching in the stroller
It’s actually getting hot
I take off his hat
And push the stroller home