Reece Burkaauthor

The poetic city: “The Speed Merchants of Audubon Park”

Mar 28, 2022 • Creative Writing, Parks and Outdoor Areas/Leisure, Places

Audubon Park, Uptown New Orleans. (Photo by: InSapphoWeTrust, Flickr)

“The Speed Merchants of Audubon Park”

Little boys and little girls

fly down the asphalt

on scooters and bicycles

cut to size…

Helmets sporting totems

from unicorns to Mad Max

they race ahead of vigilant parents

turning back every so often to make

sure they are being watched.

And I can’t help wondering what it

would have been like to have

experienced such agency at

such a young age when everything

was still possible.

Reece Burka

2/16/2022

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