Everywhere the streetwalkers go,

In tandem with dogs,

Pushing snoozing babies,

The gossip seekers,

The vendors and the dealers,

A carnival of life; fanfares around me.

Some skit around the echoes

Of promise breakers

And braying, growling cars.

Others, the cracks in the streets

Where they might fall down.

Smokers and thrill-seekers,

Students and grandparents,

Celebrate the sacred and the pedestrian.