This May. Month of the Flower Moon. Month of flowers, if you believe the rhyme “April Showers…” the first of two months dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God, by the Roman Catholic Church.

This May. The US Northeast faces a freeze this weekend. COVID-19 cases rise while controversies ensure. Even murder hornets invade the west coast!

This May. Not the one we were looking for; nevertheless: the one we have.

Daffodils fade;

Lilacs bloom, while Azaelas

wait in the wings

“to every season, turn…”

and so must we

for 5/9/20: Gerry Muse #206 (occasional tanka prose) The Merry Month of May