i'm

excited for what the present and future has to offer me

next stop:

new york city, new york

paris, france

for the next few years of my life after Vietnam, you can bet on it.

and then as we sit

in front of screens

mothers scream

and kids want

icecream

someone

falls down

a set of stairs

and another

falls 

for him

and then as we sit

in front of scenes

they pass

and we hold our breaths

as cars sneeze by

we say

bless you

bless us

laughter

takes up space

and we 

smile

because

we wouldn't have it 

any other way

and then as we sit

she cries

and they party

and someone sleeps

mindlessly

listening to

neighbors yell

and the trees

they whistle

because they try
to feel something

and it is then
that I sit.