ideas small enough

to fit on the sidewalk
on fleming street
in key west
with tree overhangs
and crowded porches
tossed-around bicycles
steroid tourist traps
just down on duval
but liberated also
from the mundane
of empty
cliches
money
gas guzzlers
still looking for directions

with darkness

begins a reevaluation
of the milieu
(i thank many minds for this word)
and with each step
another phase
to be absorbed
     within
     and without
a landing

--- e b bortz