Steven Goldman

Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Literary biography: retired lawyer with new passion for poetry Date of poem:  yesterday, June 2, 2020 while in isolation from virus+riots

 

Date of poem:  2nd June 2020

 

Poetry Escape

 

while I read about O’Hara

I look out my window and see bright shining sun

the silent streets

Chicago skyline

and then the sound of helicopters roaring overhead

monitoring the protesters and the looters

disturbing my silence

 

creating needless anxiety

the temperature is 29 degrees outside

too hot to be on the streets

for protesting or looting

better safe inside a captive

trying to understand what

modern poetry is all about