somewhere in town,
a dog licks at the hand of a child.
a man with no shirt plays hacky-sack alone
The stalwart city has come crashing to her knees,
and so against his own he kicks the bag
again and again
as if he could raise the razed ground
with the power of a child's game.
I CRIED
YES I CRIED
and
LOVE TRIUMPHS OVER HATE
and
UNITE.
by a fountain on the curb
men with long hair and guitars sing together,
only strangers before today.
a woman who saw someone yesterday
gasping in vain for a smokeless breath
inhales deeply from a cigarette.
A saxophone sings out sweet and low,
his melancholy tune sung
for everyone who can only hear
the screams, long gone silent save for in memory,
where they pierce as loud as sirens.
a boy walks to the movies with his mom
and asks her what the sign says.
she reads it aloud, eyes brimming.
baffled, he cannot understand why
a free movie
and a sugary drink
and a tub of popcorn
brings his seamless mother to tears.
Sep 20, 2023
Sep 20, 2023 at 5:55 PM UTC
somewhere in town,
a dog licks at the hand of a child.
a man with no shirt plays hacky-sack alone
The stalwart city has come crashing to her knees,
and so against his own he kicks the bag
again and again
as if he could raise the razed ground
with the power of a child's game.
I CRIED
YES I CRIED
and
LOVE TRIUMPHS OVER HATE
and
UNITE.
by a fountain on the curb
men with long hair and guitars sing together,
only strangers before today.
a woman who saw someone yesterday
gasping in vain for a smokeless breath
inhales deeply from a cigarette.
A saxophone sings out sweet and low,
his melancholy tune sung
for everyone who can only hear
the screams, long gone silent save for in memory,
where they pierce as loud as sirens.
a boy walks to the movies with his mom
and asks her what the sign says.
she reads it aloud, eyes brimming.
baffled, he cannot understand why
a free movie
and a sugary drink
and a tub of popcorn
brings his seamless mother to tears.
