Impending Particulars

by R. Gerry Fabian / May 5th, 2024

The city is too loud tonight.
Something is greatly amiss.
There is a baleful broken buzz
from the homeless underpasses
that carries past the restaurant crowds
and across the brownstones
where doormen snap alert.

There are too many sirens
scatter screaming
in unfamiliar locations.
The hair on my arm bristles
as I hear native neighbors
check the bolts on their doors.

R. Gerry Fabian is a published poet from Doylestown, PA. He has published five books of poetry: Parallels, Coming Out Of The Atlantic, Electronic Forecasts, Wildflower Women, as well as his poetry baseball book, Ball On The Mound. Read other articles by R. Gerry.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 5th, 2024 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.