THE VIOLENCE OF STANDING STILL

 

the whiskey is on the fridge

the news is on the sidewalk

and the

front page

and on the façade of my morning

 

Times Square is wall to wall with

biomass and steel frames and

no matter what, these people

they will grow with the holidays

 

I slide through the whole damn day

 

soon it will be night again

and there will be garbage

that the curbs will give

eventually to the storm drain

on the corner.

 

but for now it’s all on me