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The City Of iPods And Accidental Poets
by Dan KastenA boy on a corner looks both ways
twice as often as conventional wisdom would dictate
he pushes the crosswalk button
again and again
unaware that traffic has already stopped
such is the scene repeated at every corner
replace boy with girl
executive with laborer
aged with the ageless
it is all the same
in a city of iPods street safety is less a function of physics
and more a matter of rhythm
in referring to the premier of Gounods Faust in 1859
Abe Lincoln said that music gives every man
the opportunity to be a poet
if that is true than this city has more poets than any place Ive known
as I cross the same street as the boy
our eyes meet, we nod and continue on
me wondering if he, too, was going to get out
paper and pen to prove Abe Lincoln right. 02/23/2008 Author's Note: Austin. Observations on a walk from my office to a Starbucks and back... about 5 blocks in each direction, three traffic lights, 27 iPods (inlcuding mine).
Posted on 02/23/2008
Copyright © 2025 Dan Kasten
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Gabriel Ricard on 02/24/08 at 04:12 AM It sounds like there's a certain kind of energy that links even the most everyday settings. That's just my take on this, at least. To that end, I think you captured it extremely well. |
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