Enough
By Patrick T. Reardon
Where can the walking man find what he seeks?
He strides to the corner and, waiting,
nods his head yes yes yes yes yes yes yes.
Green, and he is on the move again.
T-shirt in the cold. His hair a nest.
He is the babe held tight by an aunt.
The child who grabbed the radiator.
Jumped the fence for a dollar.
He is the soul of the Universe
as the bus is coming
and he is walking parallel to it,
coming to the corner and nodding
yesyesyesyesyeayeayes.
His eyes are wide open for the answer I don’t have.
Patrick T. Reardon is the author of "The Loop: The 'L' Tracks That Shaped and Saved Chicago," to be published in early 2021 by Southern Illinois Press, as well as eight earlier books, including "Requiem for David," a poetry collection, published in February, 2017, by Silver Birch Press. Reardon worked for 32 years as a reporter with the Chicago Tribune, specializing in urban affairs. His essays and poems have appeared frequently in American and European publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business and the National Catholic Reporter. His book reviews have twice won the Peter Lisagor Award for arts criticism. He has lectured on Chicago history at the Chicago History Museum.
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