Metromover

Image credit: Chase Baker

School Board, Bayside, College Park
Ridin' high on the Metromover
Suspended above the city streets
Running on Miami time
Endlessly looping Downtown

Rouge velour tracksuit bottoms
Throw away beach sliders
Battered Panama Hat
Stabbing at day old rice and beans from a plastic cart
“Tweet, tweet,” she drawls, “what you lookin' at?”

Two toothless men, heads cast down, AA bibles tucked under their arms
Next stop sobriety
College chica twirls, air kissing the carriage
Skirt riding high over bruised thighs
Black-blue-green tattoos

The sun-streaked tourists, the grey suited, long departed
Starry, starry nights. Showtime in Downtown Miami

Get your free ticket to ride the Metro Mover
Bricknell, Omni Terminal, School Board, Bayside…

Miami, April 2019