Having Leapt

Skyway food service
shuts down after five—
then the dancing begins. Local hip

hop escapes her
notice but not the flailing
limbs of that young man

with a mop. An ink
and coffee and rain
stained Post-It pad still holds

its orange—a sky
she won’t meet
till winter washes away.

366

A garden competition to see
who grows
more perennials ends

in a tie. Contiguous means more
to some. To direct
pedestrians around

a pillar without collision
is my definition. Always
a little extra left

over at the end
where those slate
steps fall off.