He drove small cart <br />He cleans; when snow he plows. <br /> <br />He told me: “You know what? ” <br /> <br />It was not repartee; just one talked. <br /> <br /> “A colleague has just found envelope” I heard him and wondered. <br /> <br />My question: “Found 10 K on campus? ” <br />Yes it was. <br /> <br />And my thoughts particles in space <br />A river when it comes off the heights <br />Flood-like filled with mud heads to sea to mix-up with the salt. <br /> <br />Who lost it? Why like that? What was of? <br /> <br />Microscope, telescope, eye of mind <br />Sees atoms, satellites <br /> <br />A young girl in corner all alone <br />Her pillow wet of sob <br />Her TV is turned off <br />Her cell phone in and out <br />She wants to but can’t call <br /> <br />“What to say? ” I see her and hear <br />Then I am submarine in her mind <br />There, the scene is a farm, Vietnam <br />Rice patty, buffalo and a man wearing hat <br />A woman with a pouch bends to rise <br /> <br />I see them sit for lunch <br />They grow, sell the rice and they talk and smile <br />“One more year, ” Woman says. <br />Man’s comment: “She’ll be here” <br />“Hopefully transfer…” they converse. <br />And the girl in her room, all alone and cries. <br /> <br />And Burney in his cart looks at me and goes on: <br />“Such money, in this way, is only of drug, ” <br /> <br />And my thoughts like clouds <br />Cumulus, sometimes look like cirrus, stratus <br /> <br />“It can be…” says logic. <br /> <br />“Some ass sure will be torn, ” Burney adds. <br /> <br />One told me of drug on campus: <br />“Plenty and easy, ” <br /> <br />And I see the founder in the bank <br />He gives card to teller <br />Then money <br />“Deposit” <br /> <br />And I see the man in the bar <br />He drinks and invites <br />Bar tender can read minds <br />“Won lotto? ” <br />Man frowns: <br />“On the rock, ” <br /> <br />And I see <br />And I see <br />And I see <br /> <br />Though easy <br />It is hard to stop <br />World’s turning round my head <br />Whose, why, what?<br /><br />Nassy Fesharaki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/10-k/
