ON THIS NOONDAY

On this noonday
a lost abstract
is lost in a cab
on 42nd. Street,
in a carpentry class
a boy creates
an electrical
Hindu elephant lamp,
on this noonday
a pick pocket
is playing chess
in Central Park,
on this noonday.
a muscled wrestler
offers a nanny
a ride in his cab,
on this noonday
a magician gives
mouth to mouth
to the pick pocket
at the Y pool
near the poetry center
and finds the abstract
in the wrestler's cab,
the boy's elephant lamp
is sold to the nanny
at a chess match
as the poet autographs
her new collection
at the Y
for the wrestler
and asks the musician
to play at her wedding
with the chess champion.