"A Jumpstart to Easter"

i saw a man in the distant parking lot of san jose,
right off of first street near 'le boulangerie,'
he was lifting boxes and muttering words,
his skin was golden with experience,
and his eyes were dark and likeable,

wrapping his fingers around the cardboard and crouching down to lift each box
he continued to put little pieces of himself into each lift and onto each stack,

one by one
box after box,

he lifted them until he heard:
an, "excuse me sir,"

and when he paused and i walked,
he watched me approach him with a brown paper bag suprise,
and say, "since you're working hard, would you eat cookies?"

smiling with an "oh thank you," he received a thick, green-frosted easter egg cookie with sprinkles all over the sides
i had no idea the spirit of easter was already upon us but it just so happened to be that day at least on the inside! :)