Perspectives On the Street

The nun sees telephone poles as rows of crucifixes Counting on a rosary, her habit, on her morning stroll Construction worker looks down at his feet Not in prayer, on the same thoroughfare Sees concrete he poured there weeks ago And not much more Municipal worker observes wires and traffic signals Knows them by color and functionality Nature lover wants to hug every tree on the street But it’s illegal in the city Ornithologist looks for binoculars he forgot while on his walk Birds don’t wait around for such mistakes And simply fly away Boys and girls look for each other; see nothing else Minds in the clouds On the street, sometimes young lovers can be found Town people of all persuasions keep it to themselves Each person views a different world as they walk down