Austin, Texas (a poem by Kwame Alexander)

i
would
Climb
The hills of Mt. Bonnell at dawn blindfolded
Swim
the Colorado at noon ..........barebottomed and
Dance
a poet's salsa at midnight ..........barefoot
along the pavement
Of your soul
To get closer to this poem
to that fresh air music
of people coming
and going
in Austin, Texas


Kwame Alexander is a poet who's actually from D.C., not Austin. I heard him at Ebenezer's Poet-a-tete a few months ago. This poem captures a bit of the magic of ATX.