WE REMEMBER

Four days of hiking
or bicycling
on tall grass
over mountains
or on the long pass
for an excavation of art
and artifacts summoning us
for a path of adventure
with Eddy our tour guide
covering common grounds
too luminous in the sun
by caves where we hide
for a rest
as we run into
a visiting chorus
by the side of a fountain
near the cactus
offering to sing arias
of Aida for us
remembering how
Verdi's opera
changed our vacation
into a new metamorphosis.