Morning Songs

Shanti Shanti Shanti

across the hall
a trumpet sounds
a daybreak riff
clear and sweet

on the street
a mother shepherds
her two little ones
to the park
where they pluck
the steel harp

a chipping sparrow
trills

a westbound coal train
glides to a stop
two hoppers short
of clearing the street

the gate bell rings
Shanti
Shanti
Shanti