KNOWING

Knowing how you slide
by these swings
on this snowy dawn
in the airy playground
up here in Vermont
where bird nests open
by the fountain's glen
when the kindergarten opens
to let out my cousin's children
who bring their lunch
of my aunt's cheese croissants
to munch on
as we walk
to the Green Mountains
as these crimson leaves
fall from Maple trees
as the sunshine rays pose
in their shadows
here by the country vines
of the last summer roses.