i’m having a difficult time

by snakhi

Posted to Action Poetry on 2002-01-10 01:06:00

finding a remarkable
person
in this city
and its botched
architecture.
everyday i am
overrun
with strangers
blurring by in cars,
silent in their own lives
at the bus stop,
smiling through boredom
at their jobsites
and living
for their empty secrets.
maybe it would help
if i acted more impulsively
instead of simply
observing
and documenting
these events to myself.
interacting doesn’t take
any fun out of watching;
when you actually
become
a person.