early morning at the coffee house toasted sesame bagel with jam and cream cheese coffee and cigarettes crazy sparrows jumping in the hedges of the patio you and the old men steaming cups, unraveled weekend edition of the newspaper on tabletops you and the sweet, quiet old men only they understand
going for a long walk you hear two boys shuffling behind on their way to soccer practice singing about the sunny side of the street your blood sings with them blood is not of a violent theme not today it's what keeps you alive keeps you moving along loving more wild smile on your face as if you know the damnest joke a real good knee-slapper a killer of all solemn thoughts and a promiser to to be better, behavior and heart a re-fertilized mind from now on and ever
entering the city the day smells of beach nights lingering scent of sunscreen, sand, dark ***, vanilla cigarellos the light turns green and you step off the sidewalk catching yourself in the reflection of a skyscraperΒ emerging from a busting, exploding crowd looking like you always wished you would a ballerina on-the- go
you are not a ballerina but you whisper thanks and keep the magic of today in your back pocket like a paycheck you've been owed