A Summer Evening in New York
“Out-side the window,
Is that the sound of crickets?
No, a chirping fan.
At last a siren afar,
And all is normal again.”
If you’ve ever been to New York City, you know how loud it is at night with all the traffic and horns and sirens and people. If you’ve ever lived in New York City, you know how startlingly quiet certain August Saturday nights can be when the city empties out for the weekend. Tonight is such a night.
Good night,
The Gentleman Backpacker
P.S. A tanka is a form of Japanese poetry written in the format of 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5, 7, 7.
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