for bike messengers & for any and all unsung heroes

shrugging off
     flim flam tangles
tangled on fourteenth street
mentally i check a funky
     clipboard & receipt

edging up on escalators
     buzzing fulla bugaboo
my brain contains unmitigated
     packs of curiosity

pulling wicked chains from wax
     a simply not surprising thwack
folding back the layers of
     a steamy brand of street smarts

riled & disgusted
      i sweat out gritty toxins
     breaking balls without complaint
until nighttime air descends
     nailing coffin lid to street

something off the dial this
     a dangerous disheveled loop
of happenstance and mystery

guess i can't escape
     its constantly malevolent
& shifty-eyed demonic presence

nicking ticking
     nicking ticking
nicking ticking
      time-bomb city



©2002 - 2010 KC wilder

KC Wilder's "WILDER BLUE YONDER" CD

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'time-bomb city' READER COMMENTS

Interesting but I'd like to see more comments.
-Megan Pardee, 2007-02-23 18:48:44

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