{"s1l1":"All those people.","s1l2":"Those to the right.","s1l3":"And those to the left.","s1l4":"Those ahead. Those behind.","s2l1":"Those in the cars racing under the bridge.","s2l2":"That tough looking guy.","s2l3":"And that sweet little girl.","s2l4":"That man opening his car door.","s3l1":"Those smiling models on the billboard.","s3l2":"Those fast walking women in sneakers.","s4l1":"That man staggering without shoes.","s4l2":"The bus driver.","s5l1":"The guy riding a bicycle down the crowded sidewalk.","s6l1":"All those people. You. Me. All of us.","s7l1":"Under the arrogance. The toughness. The sarcasm. The wit. The aloofness. The wealth and the poverty.","s8l1":"Behind the brashness. The big egos. The corporate glass. The slang. The tattoos and the bow ties.","s9l1":"We all want.","s9l2":"We all dream about.","s9l3":"We’d all just about die for.","seoTitle":"Love — A Poem on Shared Humanity in a Crowd by Pemba Umoja","seoDescription":"A walking meditation on the crowd — strangers passing on a sidewalk — and the single human longing beneath every surface. By Pemba Umoja.","keywords":"poem about humanity, crowd poem, shared humanity poetry, contemplative love poem, Pemba Umoja poems"}