The woman, now in blue

I watch the woman, now in blue, across the way.  She is kin to me.
Thank you, May, for the invitation to join the KNOW group at church.

The woman

Now in blue

Has massed the ducks.

Her offering of corn

Is stored in the garage.

She moves more slowly

This year.

I was invited to join

The senior women*s group at church

Yesterday.

It is a supreme compliment.

Maybe soon

I will mass the ducks

Like the woman

Now in blue

Across the way.

Maybe soon

I will gather up the cardinals,

The squirrels

Like maybe St. Francis did

When he got older,

Beckoned the animals

To come to him.

I*m sure his garage was full of corn

Like the woman

Now in blue.