Suffer a brief comfort.
Don’t let the mind engage,
just render wide detachment.
This is the pedestrian corridor,
where random thoughts flow through.
Best not to impede them.
The larger goal,
the greater task
still exists.
This is just the brief moment
while we wait
for the light to turn green.
There’s no need to grab hold
of some random person
and start madly off in a new direction.
There is no need to even wonder
who they are in the throng,
where they are going,
or what they are thinking.
Just sit
in this warm taxi.
The March air is still cold
and it’s nice not to be out
in the elements for a change.
No. Let the throng advance.
The taxi begins to roll forward
and there are things ahead
that require our attention.
The people on the street
become less curious creatures
the faster we go,
until we don’t even see them
from the back seat
of our yellow cab.
DJR – 2023
