Sweetly Now


 
Walking home,
head full of gloom
(my own woes muddled
with those of the world) –

 
noticed (on the sidewalk)
cheerful letters in pink chalk
(rounded, girlish – cursive script,
broken off – author skipped?) –

 
PEACE
               LOVE
(signed, in a heart-shape) CLIO

 
the Muse of History : as if to say
I’m starting over – here, today.