migueldeozarko
Another night along State Street:
jumble of cars, walkers, gawkers,
jet trailing a hymn of fire overhead,
city of broad-shoulders, hog-butchers,
teeming masses, twilit hour and stillness
not an option, air pulsating, color wafts,
theaters empty, clubs fill, jazz rifts along
the street, sleep not an option, hey bro
can you spare some change, half-wasted
bum in back seat next to the baby as sirens
wail for sailors adrift from the Navy yard
and girls dance in dark caverns, smokers
and shooters in alleys drift off, eyes gleaming,
hustlers slouched in shadows gaze sullenly,
night in the city of desire and secrets and
fallen angels, hieroglyphs in the trash,
handful of stars appearing among towers
lighting up against night, brushstrokes
of cloud, cacophony and rhapsody, city--
invisible city, within a waking dream.
--M deO
Another night along State Street:
jumble of cars, walkers, gawkers,
jet trailing a hymn of fire overhead,
city of broad-shoulders, hog-butchers,
teeming masses, twilit hour and stillness
not an option, air pulsating, color wafts,
theaters empty, clubs fill, jazz rifts along
the street, sleep not an option, hey bro
can you spare some change, half-wasted
bum in back seat next to the baby as sirens
wail for sailors adrift from the Navy yard
and girls dance in dark caverns, smokers
and shooters in alleys drift off, eyes gleaming,
hustlers slouched in shadows gaze sullenly,
night in the city of desire and secrets and
fallen angels, hieroglyphs in the trash,
handful of stars appearing among towers
lighting up against night, brushstrokes
of cloud, cacophony and rhapsody, city--
invisible city, within a waking dream.
--M deO