Tuning in by tuning out

Stop. Turn around. Run up the stairs.
Search. Find I-Pod. Run down the stairs.
and step outside...

To give life a soundtrack is art
slip on my headphones: peace.
search, select, synchronize step
Tuned out from the chaos, or-
tune into the alternate world..
my step becomes a metronome
everyone else's: percussion
arms swishing, guitar srum
their voices have meshed with the bass
and the wind is singing, i kiss the lipless
so i smile..
the day becomes new slang