PERAMBULATION

IN the early morning(before this weary world awakens)
i walk -not TO,nor AWAY FROM,but BECAUSE and FOR-
i join the solitary ranks of neighborhood walkers.We nod /sometimes smile
All on separate quests-mostly to lose/the weight of ages/of meals
and sedentary thoughts /that sank/Titanic time into icebergs
Dogs earn theri meals via bark and growl
We sweat silently ,slink or stride/along roads
where cars have yet to establish their domain.
Surprise of trees ,their nodding Chinese wisdom
Lawns,homes,gardens-each tour yields more revelations
until realizing Demosthenes also walked internally-
to rehearse the speeches that would convince Romans
to war or peace,on sandaled shores foreign as languages
I know the news is waiting like a skull on my front lawn
I am here to walk away from ends,even when
i know they are inevitable