Digital photography, 16” x 20”, Framed

THE COMMUTER 

By David Frankel

You’re really that damn busy?  Look, she’s on

A tightrope, sort of – well, she’s on the ground,

But still, check out those feet, those legs, they’re strong, 

She worked for that.  And you can’t look around?

Can’t take a minute?  C’mon, man, get a life. 

She’s beautiful.  She’s dancing.  Notice it.

That’s all we want, is noticing.  A wife,

That’s all she wants.  But you’re, what,

Thinking Manchu Wok – the other guy,

The one behind the camera, he at least

Is focused on her, it’s an eye

Of sorts; a lens, an eye replaced,

A walled-off eye, an eye made a machine –

The lady’s lifted up.  She should be seen.