Good Things Happen in Philadelphia

Plungers and stock pots collide in impromptu celebration;

Brussels sprout stalks bounce in mid errand jubilation.

Makeshift expressions of fervent wishes appeased,

As hope, quarantined, is at last released.

In music, movement, motorcars, and masks;

In hoots, honks, howls, and the occasional barks;

In strangers hip hopping,

and champagne corks popping;

And in the sunny disposition of clear blue skies, 

The victorious City of Brotherly Love basks.