Crosswalk

in this city

there are unapologetic monuments

to human genius and

masturbatory celebrations of

our superiority as a species

'thank god we are not

like the pigeons and sewer rats

doomed to simplicity!' the

pedestrians think pedestrian thoughts

as they stick to the sidewalk

and adhere to stop signs and

advertisements and eat mcdonald’s

and care a great deal about

the kardashian sisters

and i imagine what someone like

hunter s. thompson would do

if he had lived to witness

jersey shore, the roar that

might be heard from coast to coast

as he starts a new situation

i imagine and smile as

i step in front of a moving bus

and feel the surge of adrenaline

as the driver stops the bus

and hits me with his middle finger

and i welcome it

because as my generation

is doomed to desk jobs and obesity

and drugs and disease and twitter

this might be the last exciting thing

to ever happen to me

Rachel J. Clark