BUSY

dont go to places when you’re busy
don’t take your busyness with you
leave it at home
go to places to rest
go there to watch how people move
go there to watch them react
have a coffee
read a book
smoke a cigarette
say hello and ask a good question
feel the heat and the smells of the sounds
walk around town and pause
the way the traffic sings
in harmony with everything
the things that cannot be understood
are the doorways into the soul
every place
every person
every face
find out
what makes the tick tock
imagine all the possible families that would start
if any one thing was something else
nature driving us to create
meanwhile a seagull flies way over yonder
creatures underground
roam the streets at night
the dreams of the depressed
find out
before this all turns to dust