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Faces

Watching
Watching Rush Hour

Watching
         Hard Faces, Stone Faces, Gargoyle Faces
                      Etched in Stone Faces
         Going from A to B Faces
         Thats the world we are making faces

         Look at me, I look away faces
         Look at me...
         And its so so sad but no one is at home faces.
			
Rush Hour pulses

         I sit on the ground watching faces pass on by
         I am invisible, as long as I don't break
         the barrier between you and me faces
         as faces Stumble and Tumble to
         the beat of the traffic rumble
	
It all seems the same
         The going home I don't care faces
                    The banana republic shopping bag faces

I smile and people return to me the:
pass on by Quickly, pretend not to see you, leave me alone faces
          But, once, once every few hundred
          pass on by faces
a glimmer of hope, a I will smile back at you face
Just a thank you for the smile face

  Pass on by
        passing the smile
            passing on hope, we are all people together
                                here and now
                                    Face
						
Leaving me with a wondering about the future face
             wondering
                          How many smiles,
                          How long to melt
                          all the rock hard faces
                          with a: I will smile at you 
                          just because 
                          face

Just watching the rush on the streets of Washington DC...
Inner peace is never in a rush.

Casey Kochmer 2003

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