Watching The Poet Jesus Correa Cross a Footbridge

The footbridge that connects the east and west banks of the Rock River is one of my favorite places. In the summer I often see the poet Jesus Correa there. We live on different sides of the river. Nothing about that statement is metaphorical in any way. Here's a poem I wrote after I saw him riding a skateboard over the river.

I watch Local Poet Jesus Correa 
Cross a Foot Bridge 

I'm on his side 
Of the river 
And I know it 

He has a skateboard 
Under his arm 
And soon he's gliding 
Like Achilles towards 
Troy 

All that neurosis 
On wheels is like 
An avalanche 
On crack 

And this is Jenny Mathew's drawing of the foot bridge over the Rock River with a haiku I wrote about the bridge.

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