Now That Spring Has Arrived In Zhejiang Province Poem by Raymond Farrell

Now that Spring
Has arrived in Zhejiang province
Every day after dinner
I sit under the locust tree
In the small park
Near my residence
And listen
To the bird's sing
As dusk settles
I extract as much joy
As I can
Before their song is over
Once it is over
I sit to contemplate life
And as dusk turns to dark
Two small bats
Take to the air
To perform
A short routine
Of aerial acrobatics
When the street lights
Finally come on
The show ends
And I move indoors.