one poem "city in all directions"

city in all directions

 

 

i shout across the avenue

he is my friend pat

he laughs back

1400 metallic blue cadillacs sprint between us

we chance it

the cadillac's sparkle scream and stop

some man flips me off

but i am going to greet my friend

we work the corner and watch the city rise again

another friend comes out of a store

it is lil’ stone doing his sly walk

there are three of us now

three of us like a sudden oasis littered with mangoes

lil stone is apples

pat is easy like late snow

and i

a nomad finally at home

 

from here amid the shops and apartment houses

i can hear the shore

i stretch my hand against the skyline

a few buildings disappear

lil stone laughs

the ocean flows in through the space i have created

everything is magic today

look, i have brought the ocean home to you

 

for miles concrete and color

and white light hovering healing me

asphalt lines all the beautiful faces

flowers make small longings in the landscaping

the windows invite me to look into my own eyes

i am coming home today to a beautiful place

i leave no doors closed

i have given everything away to children

 

someone is watching us three

i am sure of it

people waving and singing

a child passes 

pat starts to rhyme about him

lil stone provides the beat and i am dancing

i am sure of it

the city is too bright

the streets far too free and open

it must be saturday and

we must be in the eye of god