Tagged: new york city

above and below

easter sunday, up

spring whistles with her

spring whistles with her
teeth at twenty minutes past
five, competing with

the clanging heat pipes waking
up early to keep us warm
.
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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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getting out of the

getting out of the
city looks like a day trip
off the island or

stepping inside someone else’s
dreamscape, unnamed entities
.
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between the walls of

between the walls of
our unit, the pipes are heating
up tonight, scatting

a rhythm familiar
only to the oldest tenants
.
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sky interrupted,

every town starts some-

every town starts some-
where – from stockholm to newtown,
we try our hardest

to remember or forget,
depending on your station
.
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even in the big

even in the big
city, the “little” enclaves –
Chinatown, K-Town,
Little Senegal, Guyana,
Italy, Poland, India –
cannot contain
the vastness
of our mothers’
spices, simmering
on the stove
.
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every other new

every other new
yorker has a staten island
ferry story that

begins with wanting to get
closer to lady liberty
.
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