May by John Updike
Sue Martin
Now children may
Go out of doors,
Without their coats,
To candy stores.
The apple branches
And the pear
May float their blossoms
Through the air,
And Daddy may
Get out his hoe
To plant tomatoes
In a row,
And afterwards,
May lazily
Look at some baseball
On TV.
—A Child’s Calendar, First Edition (1965)