In the Calumet

76 and 53...
degrees and humidity...
climate,
     as good as we get, 
     in the Calumet.

Our society,
     of family and friends,
     spoke of weather:

     conversation derived...
          from ancestors who...
               sectioned townships....
                    once the natives were gone.

And while the indigenous here...
     seem preoccupied with commerce...
          I consider...
               the atmosphere...
                    of the Calumet.

~ Summer 1988