Best Poems Written by Rimma Sitnyakovskaya

Things To Do Around Emmons Avenue

Walk to the Deli corner
Buy two bags of Wonder bread 
Pass five sushi places on one block
Daydream about what Lundy Brothers was like before it closed
Cross the Avenue to the Bay
Watch the toddlers run to catch the seagulls
Hear women’s laughter by the railing.
Smell the raw fish sold by the water near 
	the fishing trip boats.
Say hello to the fish salesmen 
Move slightly to the side as they yell, “Half Price!”
	your ears ringing– 
Try to feed the swans among the swarm of ducks and seagulls
Feed the seagulls too.
Laugh at how the ducks fight each other over crumbs in the air.
Stroll over the Bay Bridge
Pigeons at your feet
Children over the railing
Led down childhood memories of intertwined feet under Cappuccino’s glass table
Hairs sticking to chap stick
Spinning over water, 
coat buttons open

Copyright © Rimma Sitnyakovskaya | Year Posted 2009