Brooklyn

White washed asphalt

with a game of hopscotch

scrawled on it.

Canvas shoes attack the pavement

with the tenacity

of an army

and a basketball leads the charge.

Somebody popped

a fire hydrant for the kids

and they use it to water

a flower sprouting on the sidewalk.

The Scottish shop keep

sweeps

his doorstep

before moving aside

to let a pregnant woman 

use his store's restroom.

Music flows from a street musician's trumpet

and echoes down the streets and alleys

like Gabriel

and the tired old men

listen and play poker on their porches

and preach wisdom to the young ones

passing by.

They sing Happy Days.