Evening Interruptus Poem by Raj Dronamraju

Voices raised in the street outside my house
An argument, more than an argument
The four letter words are pulled from their holster

I wonder why these two people, a man and a woman, were arguing
And what brought them to strife
And what made them so angry as to forget themselves in a public situation

The intense anger of the personal
Stains the day to day familiar contempt
Brings alive long submerged frustrations
"For a second, I hoped for your death"

And the conflict between two people, a man and a woman, makes them real in the eyes of the world
And what do I have to offer the world
Musings in a battered notebook
Mindless hustle for three square meals a day