Sitting in a narrow Pilsen courtyard
between the mottled brick walls of two buildings
Birds chirp overhead
in leafy branches and
on electrical wires swagging
gently in the breeze
Bells clang on the
ice cream push-cart as
local women greet one another,
their chattering punctuated by
cackling laughter
The Sears (now Willis) Tower soars
above the more modest ambitions
of this south-side neighborhood
where a woman tends the flowers
on her balcony
Young teen girls scatter
attired in their white dresses, some with veils but
all newly married brides of Christ
The Mother of the Groom stands
at the edge of the courtyard
keeping a watchful eye on it all
Active but still
Still but active
In limbo
be
wait
notice
Like her
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