October 31, 2009

• 3 blocks down
  School is just out for the afternoon
  Children laughing
  the bell rings

  2 corners away
  the man is Pentacostal preaching
  it sounds the same
  in any language

  1 block over
  the neighbor is asking to borrow
  a pan to bake a cake
  the car drives down the street
  radio singing broken-hearted

  The tree above me
  holds birds chirping
  I am sleeping
  in the hammock
  with the sounds of today
  below
  behind
  and together

  • 7:34 am
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