holding a sign

his sign is detailed
with
mishaps.
the IRS, a bad marriage,
health.
it takes a while
to read it as you sit
waiting for the light
to change.
he's well dressed
with a mustache black
and curled above his lip.
he's an unwritten
novel, this man
on the corner in
a buttoned down dress
shirt, pin striped,
and gabardine pants.