Saturday, May 1, 2021

Exit signs

 

the white square burns


 
among the quiet of the seats
among the hum of machines
in the dim of exit signs
I said something—
words
never spoken or spilled



a finger moved
combing the air
for another one 
in the chair next

Load

As the sun was planning a trip below the skyline, the streets thrummed with the familiar chaos of rush hour traffic around office building. ...