a lady sang
a lady sang on the subway this morning
moving from car to car
keeping rhythm to the tapping
of her white cane
out of every eight or nine of us one
dropped a coin in her copper cup
the rest just sat or stood en
grossed in the fantasies
of our own realities
opting out
i dropped a quarter
got a thank you
gave a you're welcome
and can't remember
the song she was singing
Jonathan (son #3) said,
14 September 2006 at 4:52 pm
Version 2 (likely reworked around 2002):
(a lady sang)
a lady sang on the subway this morning
drifting from car to car keeping rhythm
to the tapping of her white cane
of every eight or nine one dropped a coin
in her copper cup the rest just sat or stood
content in the fantasies of their own realities
i dropped a quarter got a thank you
gave a you’re welcome and can’t remember
the song she was singing