White Gold and Thunder (Coeur d'Alene Park, Spokane)

Everything out there, from the guy walking past
With his beard and backpack, to the petunias
and gardenias that stand athwart the front porch
Like lions, embraces white gold and thunder,
Or is embraced by them—you choose.
(If grief is a species of idleness, this works too.)
Like “Two-Buck Chuck,” (as much fun to say
As it is to drink), they shine, intoxicate, explode
And spectacularly include: white gold and thunder
Infuse the pine trees and the cones they drop,
Beer cans, grass and dogshit. Music in the park.