another mundane Day
the sidewalk lays below my feet,
familiar cracks upon its white hard surface
concrete flat, stretched parallel the distant street
adjacent the asphalt road opaque, heavy black
to the intersection block's traffic light's aluminum post's suspension
geometric intrusion's accompaniments on another near dawn walk
mindless jaunt to the corner fast 'N go convenience store
tree roots rip slowly through, over century's time
buckled chunks, concrete's stowed,
gnarled, thick lipped ledged
sloped askew, blind man's nightmare maze
expose the black dark crevices below, out of which ants, one or two,
forage for things unseen, unknown to my prodding eye
a rolly polly bug of sorts, potential prey, of ant lion saunters,
careful i am to avoid its crush by my awkward strayed feet
elm trees whose culprit roots, like sentries line this sidewalk
of repetitious over years' sundry walks
their shades allow me passage cool,
of summer soltice humid blanket pall of air
cooler than direct of sun whose rays pierce
like the bluejay's mischief stare awaits my near approach
my privacy peace of mind to take
as well my shiny ball point pen to take
its glare would soon as warm me hot
stare me down without the leaves of cover by my sheltered walk
the ambulance i hear before i see it
flashing red of warning lights
vibrates my sidewalk far before its thunderous approach
vibrates my inner ear and latex sandaled feet
my brain alert to inherent adrenaline carefulness cautions vulnerability
there goes me it speaks its dread anxiety sublime
destroy my modicum of calm, obscures the threat of perched bird above
only a matter of time before i too fall
into the crevice of the earth like the sidewalk crack
like the rolly polly bug pursued by ants
like the ants that forage oblivious to tread of flip flopped man
outside their universe inflicts them unintended warp time harm
only a matter of time before i reach my fast 'N go convenience store
whose parking lot now swarms with cherry lights, blue and white flashes'
in midst of teeming hordes of human crowds ambulance in tow