Lean Into It

Terror in the subway
passages, in skyways, hallways that echo, tunnels
to dangerous thought. Too short,

too short, too short. She breathes
glottal stop free—nothing to keep her from hugging breezes,
kissing trees.

Gigantic Perspective

Skyways run between second
floors in an irregular pattern
she forgets to decode.

But she believes she must
duck
when approaching beneath—

her pedestrian movements
can be so erratic, better
not to risk it.