a breeze on the air, a blue sky
“a breeze on the air, a blue sky”
He sees birds playing through the trees
and remembers they exist
and hates their freedom.
Two lovers sit on a park bench
grotesquely kissing.
Two men who appear homeless
wrestle over an empty bottle.
A third man throws
chess pieces at them.
A little girl throws breadcrumbs
into the pond
for the ducks,
which a little boy scares away
with rocks.
The little girl hits him on the arm,
then cries and runs to her mother.
The little boy looks back at the ducks
swimming away.
