tonywalt
06-20-2025, 11:20 AM
I walked through the crowd—
heads down, screens up, hustlers,
dogs yanking leashes,
kids screaming for sugar.
everybody clawing for something.
money, sex, status,
a little mercy,
a little edge.
I had nothing to want.
kept moving.
left, right—
light as smoke.
that’s the trick—
drop the rope,
and the world quits pulling.
so I walked.
let the phones glow,
the faces twitch,
the desperate scroll for meaning—
I wanted none of it.
just the street,
and my two feet
both paid for in full.
heads down, screens up, hustlers,
dogs yanking leashes,
kids screaming for sugar.
everybody clawing for something.
money, sex, status,
a little mercy,
a little edge.
I had nothing to want.
kept moving.
left, right—
light as smoke.
that’s the trick—
drop the rope,
and the world quits pulling.
so I walked.
let the phones glow,
the faces twitch,
the desperate scroll for meaning—
I wanted none of it.
just the street,
and my two feet
both paid for in full.