—Renee Gladman
This sounds good. I like it. It stopped me
for a moment. Or two.
But what if nobody listens? What if I
go about my day walking through
the populated hallways and down
the busy streets of the city in
which I am a citizen, using
mouth, throat and lungs
to voice “I’m here.
I’m here. I’m here.”
and nobody, not
even one person,
acknowledges
this proclamation,
this announcement?
