The villages celebrate May Days with pancakes
Served in Bosun Hall, soap-box derby races
Down Main Street, a bocce ball tournament, beer,
And sumo-suit matches for the adults, sack
Races, wheelbarrow races, three-legged
Races, a water-balloon toss, a treasure hunt,
Sand sculptures, and a bouncy castle for the kids.
Perfect weather for it, this year, just enough
Clouds and breezes, warmth and sun. Soon,
All five floats of the village parade will rumble
From Bosun Hall to Centennial Park, accompanied
By bagpipes. The snow is off Goat Mountain.
People are putting in gardens. One old wolf
Biologist refuses to waste time at the park
On such a perfect day for gardening. There is
A huge stone scoop carved out of the mountain
By what once must have been a formidable
Glacier, as even today the peak above it wears
A cap of lacy but summerlong ice. No humans,
No pancakes, no bocce, no bouncy, no parades
Around in those maximally glacial days. Such
A perfect day for gardening, might as well
Say to hell with that gardening and celebrate.
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