glance into a darkened corner of the room
and surprise the wall with your laughter
heed no dampened deviousness with your eyes
and catch time in a bottle
you are close to finding out
what troubles noon about midnight
and you belong to the city
yet can’t function right there
so you move and adapt to the movement
instead of changing much at all
with a will to by whispering idly to your sneakers
away they walk