By Charles M. Sumid Copyright 2025 Written 2025
I. Coyote
Michigan Avenue, dawn—
she trots past the locked shops,
original citizen.
II. Evening
The bridge hums.
The loon calls.
Same key.
III. Territory
Shopping cart’s broken wheel
draws its sound-map
through empty streets.
Barred owl calls
from the fire escape—
both worlds answer.