Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Street Sign Critique

Streets signs are no help
In telling me where to be.
I don’t know which neighborhood
Is a bad one, or which is good.
The name on the sign,
Usually green under white,
Should tell, or at least hint,
Whether or not I,
Should stay or forget it.
Street names like:
“Loud White Boys”,
Or
“Old Black Women”,
Something to give clues
About what’s there hidden.
I don’t mind having to find
A place to walk down.
But if the signs
Could save me the time
I could do more where
I know I need to be.

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