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and Baltimore
diagonal sun
crosswalk chirping
wait
wait
there is quite a lot of litter
by the bus stop
I try to follow
not too close
but I couldn’t be more conspicuous
funky skirt bold scarf
jangly accessories
dawdling as only
a hipster can
what is a poem more than
hot pink plastic ribbon
looped through a fence
waving
a mennonite construction worker
with a bowl cut stares
$ A STAR $
BAZAAR
SO MANY
VENDORS
UNDER
ONE
ROOF
but the lights off
it's all closed on this Monday
Landshutdowne Ave
I lean on the parking meter
cars run over my tall
3 o'clock shadow
someone says shadow
on a speakerphone call
I catch it through
the open window
of their car passing
Jesus = the Light of
the World Reflect
that Light!
Have a Blessed 2020
written in chalk by hand
the last half of the route
is going east on Baltimore
towards the skyline like
the Emerald City again
church bells for 3:30 pm
moon white
on the center
of the blue sky
like a fruit sticker
layer upon layer
of chipped&faded
lavender paint on
a metal pole
trophies in the
window of a martial
arts studio
I don't need much
all I ask is just
park me in the sun
park me in the sun
