another mundane Day

another mundane Day

A Poem by RuseInex
"

sundry life

"

the sidewalk lays below my feet, 

familiar cracks upon its white hard surface

concrete flat, stretched parallel the distant street 

adjacent the asphalt road opaque, heavy black

to the intersection block's traffic light's aluminum post's suspension 

geometric intrusion's accompaniments on another near dawn walk

mindless jaunt to the corner fast 'N go convenience store


tree roots rip slowly through, over century's time

buckled chunks, concrete's stowed, 

gnarled, thick lipped ledged

sloped askew, blind man's nightmare maze

expose the black dark crevices below, out of which ants, one or two,

forage for things unseen, unknown to my prodding eye

a rolly polly bug of sorts, potential prey, of ant lion saunters, 

careful i am to avoid its crush by my awkward strayed feet


elm trees whose culprit roots, like sentries line this  sidewalk

of repetitious over years' sundry walks 

their shades allow me passage cool, 

of summer soltice humid blanket pall of air

cooler than direct of sun whose rays pierce 

like the bluejay's mischief stare awaits my near approach

my privacy peace of mind to take 

as well my shiny ball point pen to take


its glare would soon as warm me hot

stare me down without the leaves of cover by my sheltered walk


the ambulance i hear before i see it 

flashing red of warning lights

vibrates my sidewalk far before its thunderous approach 

vibrates my inner ear and latex sandaled feet

my brain alert to inherent adrenaline carefulness cautions vulnerability

there goes me it speaks its dread anxiety sublime

destroy my modicum of calm, obscures the threat of perched bird above

only a matter of time before i too fall

into the crevice of the earth like the sidewalk crack

like the rolly polly bug pursued by ants

like the ants that forage oblivious to tread of flip flopped man

outside their universe inflicts them unintended warp time harm

only a matter of time before i reach my fast 'N go convenience store

whose parking lot now swarms with cherry lights, blue and white flashes'

in midst of teeming hordes of human crowds ambulance in tow

© 2016 RuseInex


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RuseInex
RuseInex

Fresno, CA



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