A Day In New York EDITED
You capture Canal street in low roofs and sly deals in squeezed
space. they peddle cheap time and burnt dvds.
A band of men are fighting Bush with picket signs blaring
jazz on a East Village corner.( Making Activism Cool).
A mexican man sells ripe mangoes coconuts and peaches in
between mid-november and concrete.
F train to Astoria Boulevard.
6 Train to Brooklyn.
Eating from the bodega on flatbush.
You absorbing the touch of cold steel rails and hard plastic
seats on subways.
taste sweet imported pastries from the french boutique in soho.
I see New
York being blessed.
As your bright energy goes beyond
taxies
overbearing buildings
too many t-shirts in thrift stores.
Your presence makes
clocks stopslow downdrag as we depart.
Just to get another glimpse.
The only one the big city doesn't have.