Written by Kyle Wahl

 

A prose-style poem that I wrote for a class in college. I was trying to capture the essence of one of those black-and-white hard-boiled detective movies from the ’40s.

 

He fits the book in the bookcase like the finishing piece of a puzzle.

He runs down the stairwell, whose brick walls tell a story of decades past

in the blink of an eye.

Under the streetlight, the sun-like glow from above lights his path to nowhere.

He marches onward; side-stepping that rotting trash can.

Before he can think – a thunder! A motorcycle beckons from the shadow.

Then! Without warning, a greyhound – whose wheels like rubber souls comes prowling.

He reaches the swimming pool and memories now crystal clear as the water.

The corner store calling out from the street like a beacon of hope.

The jungle of concrete, like a road map to nowhere and everywhere.

Dodging, weaving, backward, forward, under and over.

He hustles along but the venture not over.

Turning and seeing that old familiar neon,

the building lit up like some Vegas slot machine.

He knows he’s back! Ready to hustle 9-ball –

as he pushes through the doors of Harrison’s Pool Hall.

 

Text © Kyle Wahl

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