indohughes

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mark is a 47 year old man from Matthews, North Carolina, USA

from a park bench
after John Haines' "If the Owl Calls Again"

at dusk
from the four aces diner
where the coffee has grown cold,

i'll wait for the waitress
to return,
then take deliberate steps
to meet no one.

with newspapers shielding the frost
we will not acknowledge each other's presence
except to share a nod
across an empty bus station, with torpid
vacant expressions.

then we'll lean against bus stops
in the middle of smoky sidewalks
and suck the marrow of bones
from helpless pigeons,

while the slighted moon hobbles
en route to Asia
and the taxis cough
on the road to anywhere.

and when the morning scales
the skyscrapers
we'll move on,

dejected, earthbound,
and invisible as
the cold city persists.