rush hour
the ticket taker’s
shaking hands
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Aurora Antonovic
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. View all posts by Aurora Antonovic
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
rush hour
beneath the overpass
nary a pigeon–
wait!!! there’s one