NOISE POLLUTION

by Alan Howard

The constant reminder 
The hustle and bustle 

     A dog runs up to greet you 
     Pulls you away 

But the hum creeps in 
Like the dark in your 
Vision after standing up 
Too fast 

Not the hum you came 
Here for: the bugs, the 
Birds, the wind through 
Green grass 

     Splashing around the corner 
     Time dragging its mark 
     On your knee 

But the hum that you 
Run from, the highway 
Two men 
Talkin’ business 

Came here to escape 
But it’s amplified 
In opposition 
To your surroundings 

     The dog standing on the 
     Bridge over the murky stream.
     "Don’t jump Charlie, 
     Life’s too good!"

Alan Howard is a New Orleans based songwriter and poet. He plays with Sleep Habits, The Tangle, Wesley Wolffe, and Thomas Dollbaum. He writes poetry when he feels the urge to.

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