The Signs
This man! No,
this man! This
man! No, this man!
the sign shouts
at the sign across the street.
Each name five letters long,
beginning and ending
in consonants,
b, n, t, p;
some vowels,
i, e, u,
sandwiched in between;
the same colors,
red, white, blue,
for the background.
The men the signs stand for
stand elsewhere,
talking at each other
like these signs do,
while
in the space between them
very heavy things
rush so fast
they're just one bright blur.