Pumpkins

In the mailbox this morning is a quotation from Helen Keller, a wonderful piece from Inward/Outward.  It speaks of the wonders of texture, and how someone who neither sees nor hears apprehends the world.  It is a good reminder for me, with my one shimmery eye, to remember.  Today is pumpkins and people unloading pumpkins, a gorgeous fall day, and new things I have yet to imagine.

Today I will see what I will see,

What I don*t

I won*t.

So obvious really.

In my mailbox is the quotation

From Helen Keller.

She speaks of the wonders of texture,

How people who see

Don*t appreciate so much

Of what they see.

Today we unload pumpkins

At church,

A semi-tractor trailer full

Of pumpkins,

Big and small

Mostly orange but probably some

Green.

I will take note

Of the pumpkins,

The people inside the truck

The people who pass the pumpkins along

In the pumpkin line,

The transformation of the church lawn

Into a pumpkin patch

Fit for a fine fall celebration.

I will notice the people

Who find us by the pumpkins.