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Baltimore

A cold late-Autumn rain falls
on the old port city of Baltimore
and as a strong wind picks up
streaming water cleans the streets
of the sleeping city.

Walkers

Usually as couples, with an occasional threesome,
they leave their apartments daily, often several times,
to sniff about & investigate the world outside the building.
Typically, one leads and the other follows along behind
- experiencing the world outdoors at the end of a leash.

Prodigal nature in Philadelphia

With nowhere to go and no one to feed,
the Fall acorns litter the sidewalk and curb
on busy 11th Street beside the Convention Center.
The people passing will not collect and eat them.
And the other animals prefer our abundant refuse.

100 Short Poems

Baltimore

Walkers

Prodigal nature in Philadelphia