Mid-May

In case you were thinking
that summer had arrived
and that your world now
steamy and filled with
tropical birds and plants,
welcoming the afternoon’s
torrential monsoon of rain
and rumbling thunder
while you sipped an iced
and fruity beverage
on the shady porch –
just in case that was you,
yesterday afternoon
on the mass-new york border
tonight, the mid-may forecast
has a frost warning in it.