The Viewing

In the time it took for J. in passing to walk across the street to comment on the scene we stood admiring of the silver and grey of the clouds at the end of the street, itself silver and grey in the last light - and we shared a few words on this and that - looking back from the corner of the street I saw the clouds were getting serious. The moments of the viewing and damp of the cold evening held such an essential and dramatic loveliness this is what I wanted to share tonight. Time now 10 in the evening and the air temp about 8 degrees C, forecast 3 or so ... so that's me for tonight.