RETURN TO NEIGHBORHOOD II
There were sidewalks
The way to everywhere!
Tread of resoled shoes
Step-over cracks
Upward slabs mountain making
Skated-on
Spat upon
There were personalities
Runny skin to lifebuoy
Screaming!
Laughing
And then the flow
When sun when lights
were low
too tired to care
There was love
slightly understood
but needed
those mother-eyes
the womb-warm feeling
all mixed with kitchen smells
powder rouge
oh I fit so lightly
so actively young