Plum Blossoms

For two weeks, the street fleets
with pink blossoms, clustered petticoats,
a line of chorus girls kicking their skirts
overhead. Branches stacked with marshmallow globes,
leisure suit’s disco balls. Cumulus clouds
that open into thunderheads, the pom-poms
of boutonnieres and cheerleaders letting you know
what you had hoped for has arrived.
How grateful am I to those
who planted these trees sixty years ago,
not knowing who they planted them for.


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A brand new poem, as in 53 minutes old!
Cherry or plum blossoms. Any ideas how to tell them apart. These trees bloomed late and had huge pink clusters. Thoughts?