DOWNTOWN ON SATURDAY


The sidewalks filled with people

Words and glances exchange

The music and motion of life

Footsteps falling silently


Small shops attract the interest of passerby�s

Most looking for distraction

Another Saturday afternoon

With the sun intermittent with clouds


Buildings old and new

Divided by time and not distance

The age of the City only noticed

In close examination


The same is said for the shoppers

Except for the children

Who would rather be playing

Instead they are taken into this artificial world


Laughter and tears combine

A child runs circles around a parent

Singing delightful songs

Made up and nonsensical


Others watch while holding the young

Close and tightly in hand

Thinking the street and cars are too close and fast

Drivers with no thought of pedestrians, only destination


Michael V Hechtman Copyright 2000