Tagged: fire escape

spring dances across

spring dances across
our fire escape, from one
corner to the next,

singing the notes of morning
song before the sun rises
.
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the early bird that

the early bird that
settled on the fire escape
to welcome me this

morning started up the steps,
whistling for me to follow
.
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all day, the rain falls

all day, the rain falls
in brooklyn like a fugue,
repeating the same
theme on its way
down – ledge, leaf,
rung, stoop,
ledge, leaf, rung,
stoop, ledge,
leaf, rung, stoop –
rubato-
ing and
accelerando-ing
together
with the ease of
a seasoned symphony
.
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it doesn’t take long

it doesn’t take long
to get used to waking up
to the sound of steel

rubbing against each other,
telling the same city stories
.
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crowding

crowding
on the fire
escape, so
cold,
those stars
with no constellation
to call home
.
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let’s me and you

let’s me and you
savor a moment
on the fire escape
tonight – things like
this often get
stuffy, and we
don’t need to
stay out longer
than six
ounces of salt
water taffy
.
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these first steps are the

these first steps are the
coldest. nowhere in the
installation manual did
they mention that it would
ever get as cold as
this, when just looking
at what lies ahead feels
more melancholy, is more
sorrow-laden than
looking back. when your
eyes can no longer
separate the rapidly
accumulating sorrow
with your next step,
it is time to call off
the recovery
.
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