Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Seattle. Show all posts

Friday, February 6, 2015

Gather Round


Harmonica in hand, fedora tipped,
he sits
on the curb
at Pike Place,
           a glass at his side.

I don't question
what's in it,
I don't judge.

He lifts metal to mouth,
we tune out, but--

like the President
in a State of the Union Address
after tragedy to the nation,

the street
becomes his,
all ears
to the tomcat
wailing,

and we come,
we come.


© 2015 Jennifer Wagner