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[This is one of my earliest poems, unfortunately, undated. I included it in my first poetry chapbook, "The Lady in the Pink Hat," Candor Press, 1969.]

Reflections On a Street Corner

In an hour a thousand pass
Doctors, lawyers, truck drivers
Small and fat,
A straggly cat.
Six ladies in elegant furs
Two little boys chasing curs
A tottery, old man with a cane
The same scraggly cat again.
The local newsboy laden down
Big and small,
A runaway ball,
The corner cop awaiting the strike
Five o'clock, the rush hour jam
Wondering who I am
What I'm doing--
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Wolf Avatar
May 11, 2021 at 6:10 PM
'Our Town' -- updated. Nice peek at a street scene. :) gw
Hankins Avatar
May 13, 2021 at 11:57 AM
Thanks, GW. I appreciated your thoughts.
Lawless Avatar
May 11, 2021 at 11:56 AM
Ah, the good old days when Mom would tell us to go out and play in the traffic and no one called child services. Hey, perhaps a follow-up poem entitled "The Last Paper Boy"....thanks for the flashback
Hankins Avatar
May 13, 2021 at 11:56 AM
Thank you, John. Yep, I'm afraid those days are gone.
Poet Avatar
May 11, 2021 at 10:49 AM
I enjoyed perusing this one as well, great symbolism in depicting a 1969 scene with every subtlety. I cross with you very nearly 52 years, yet the soul is practically similar in every case.
Hankins Avatar
May 11, 2021 at 11:11 AM
Thanks so much for your visit, Lasaad. I'll be 80 in December. You'll probably not see doctors walking these days or small children playing near a street anymore.
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