Fillmore and Pine
Way past the time the sun has anything to say.
Most stores are closed and boredom has cast a couple of shadows.
Tomorrow, the place you've trained for, lies fallow, thankfully.
A couple of people who walk funny pass by, asking for money.
The earphones fit perfectly. They squat in the ears like a homesteader, happy with his 160 acres, just beginning to see what can be done with the land he's been given.
It's neither a man's world or a woman's; it seems to be made for both. Nobody has to say anything for the time being, unless there's something to say.
A little listening goes a long way, like a foghorn.