WALK

i like to walk where there is no
things, - grass, dirt, empty fields, i like
but there are always edges
borders where people growl, play
touch football, run dogs, chase
balls
but the empty is there
in the quilted edge of itself
green and brown and trees
around
sky overhead, sun beaming
thru a few clounds, the mountains
step by step by step
calm

"one steamboat, two steamboat,
three steamboat, four ..."