The FAB&PP Poem of the Month for November 2002


The Golden Sidewalk

the silent
passing
the accumulation
of litter [and
time] and life
    
    [a cardboard
    box protects
    them huddled
    against the
    wind
    the red gesso
    base the
    leafs in
    a box
    crouching
    lips pursed
    brushes
    poised
    every detail
    caressed
    by the
    gold against
    concrete

    history
    highlighted
    in time]

when we walk
we look up or
around
or across or
through or
down to
watch our steps
the tread
the wear the
sun shines
high at noon
time slicing
through the
narrow street

the gleaming cracks
a testimony
to the
indifference of our
constructions and
the delight
of our imaginations

the edifice beneath
us crumbles
we shuffle on
the lines the
light the
depth
the dust
the mud the
cigaret butts
gathered
in the shallow
vessel of
perception
                  tuned
by a gesture
a gleaming
idea

    [they bend
    to their
    work
            we
    step around
    them

    i stop
    to watch]

October 2002

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