HOMEMADE SCONES IN SUNSHINE

(this morning in Mystic)

Eating scones in sunshine can make you

suddenly a lucky person. You prepare

to take a bite with butter and jam, and just

as you do, a dazzling idea comes to you,

and calming feelings flow through you

like cheerfulness.  You choose to eat slowly,

and thoughts slip into you in a smoother style,

like silent marvels making themselves felt

inside you. Somehow you start being smarter,

and you understand why the sky is

usually silent, and why the Mystic River

stays composed in sunlight or storms,

and why butter seems so bright

on homemade scones.