LilMsLadyPoet2 Feb 2006

maybe : punctuation would make first stanza more clear?>
We would call this peaceful, and
it IS quiet, compared to the noise
of the urban morning and
the tapping of the office workers.

(never mind...it doesn't work...unless you went on to say something about the false perception of feeling peaceful.(But I am in no way at peace.)
at and 2nd stanza, it would need "so it isn't exactly quiet, either. at the end, to explain your 'but still'.
Do you think, or do I see? You are saying you think, so drop the 'you see' in 3rd stanza.
a poetics like a duck...> ? poet's, poetic's (A 'poet is' like...?)