Parasols

A stilled summer sky saturated and scattered with god song watches a way fared soldier - whispers to a wary widow. Creamy clouds canopy the concord of a moment. Minutes become mercurial - they manifest and meander as the seconds slip by. Sailboats slice through streams of idle indigo. A ripple somersaults and softly settles into serenity. Cooing couples cuddle near clusters of cockscomb. A lass lightheartedly leaps. A comely colleen crochets - moment by moment - darning daydreams into days. Parisians promenade past a proficient painter’s palette. Social classes collide amidst color and contour and calm. A smorgasbord of strangers isled and idyllic - spruce a stippled sanctioned salver, as sanguine seconds smoothly sweep past the subtle, symphonic swells of the Seine.