I’m sitting in front of Larina.
Calm under a sky deepening to velvet blue.
Velvet not dark
Not many people on the street.
Not many cars either. Calm
Maybe the calm before Kamala___
In my mind the USA has elected a woman
A hundred and four years
After they got the vote___
A warm autumn evening Couples walk their kids
Students come home from the park
Lovers hold hands
A single plane overhead
Flying north < br/> Calm
In Brooklyn
Satisfied by delusion
If only for now No matter what____
At least I had that moment of delusion.