a crack in the sidewalk

a second cup of coffee
a crack in the sidewalk or
an avalanche in the sky

burned into the pavement below
ducking branches, intrepid blossoms, the roaming bee
honey, dancing sunlit shadows, melting

impress a tacit footprint in the sand
a mostly solid afternoon
slipping sometimes more often into dust

only illuminated in the glowing
passerby, reminding us of we
not all alone, but silhouetted>

a crack in the sidewalk

moving up and up and tumbling
like curls
or the cadence of the sea

not from afar but within
a natural rhythm
only interrupted by

a crack in the sidewalk

or one or three
making us stop | and