Sketch

SKETCH

Hot wind of bus exhaust
Lifts scraps of today’s news high above the street
Phone numbers scrawled on a bus stop bench
The dealer, the lover, the dentist share this common thread
Sit waiting by the phone for the bus rider’s call
Jack hammer pounding, cement saw
Slices sidewalk into manageable pieces
Clouds of chalky white dust float upward into the city skyscape
Fall back onto rooftop gardens and sleeping dogs

Copyright 2005 E. Bond Francisco