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