another mundane Day

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