One two three four…

A woman in scrubs drudges home from night shift 
…twelve thirteen fourteen…
Nurses and the houseless smoke together at the bus stop
… twenty-five twenty-six twenty seven
¡!WALK SIGN IS ON ACROSS VIRGINIA!¡
A white light man fades to a flashing red hand
…forty-one forty-two forty-three…
Dead bird on the sidewalk next to crushed beer cans
…sixty-six sixty-seven sixty-eight…
The usual homeless woman holding her stained pizza box sign
“Anything helps, God bless” 
…eighty-three eighty-four eighty-five…
My steps quicken as I near home 
…ninetyonenientytwoninteythreeninteyfour…
A man yells toward me about his no-good woman
I jump, but he’s just screaming at his hallucinations 
So I keep walking

…What number was I on?
 
Onetwothreefour…