A Walk

A walk in the afternoon.
Polka dots scattered in all shapes and sizes
and colors: bright yellow, orange, rust, brown, green and gray.
damp asphalt and gravel,
recent rain marinated the stones and earth
and with the smell of early decay wafted around
reminding me of my Grandmother as it hit the back of my throat.
warm for late September,
humid, saturated, the early sunset made the shadows long, cool oases in suburbia.