NaPoWriMo, Day Nineteen: “Joy (Fourth Attempt)”

Joy (Fourth Attempt)

No one
has ever exulted
this much, wild
cheer super
-imposed upon
the old city,
its buildings
motionless
as if refusing
to participate
in this much
generosity.
The boy is,
of course,
fully oblivious
to this urban
censure —
his kind of joy
is free-standing,
floating heedless
of others’ scant
approval.

Thanks for reading! April is National Poetry Writing Month, and this year I’m writing and publishing a poem prompted by a different reaction GIF each day. My 2020 and 2019 NaPoWriMo poems (about the Fast and Furious movies and car insurance, respectively) are still live on Medium, so check out my profile if you want more. My 2018 Twilight Zone NaPoWriMo poems are online here.