rush hour
the ticket taker's
shaking hands
—Aurora Antonovic
About the author: Aurora Antonovic is a Canadian writer, editor, and visual artist whose work has appeared over one thousand times in publications spanning eleven countries and five continents. She is a recent winner in the 2005 Tanka Splendor Awards, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is a member of The Bohemian Poet, a collective poet/artist group headed by Michael Ladanyi.
rush hour
mother asks boy
to hold tight to her skirt
quiet time
engulfing the darkness --
wail of the sax
-
waiting in traffic-
the street
turns to ice
"How long can I
work like this?"
ticket taker's fears