Passing Unitarian Church,
Philly, PA
Roseland, NYC
with weekend warrior visions
in small deli
& Times Square
nothing ventured
but the rock-n-roll
& literary dreams
faded into self glory
little apocalypse
in secondary phase
ears attuned
to hours
going by
each night
catch a show
grab a bite
of Malaysian food
slowly rock the Apple
take a bite
sink into
that great big
delicious apple
for all it’s worth
has the cat
got your tongue?
Silence you
into nothingness
or is it all
just coincidence?
This solitude
in a metropolis
of millions
that I see
from a distance
my idealized love
kissing another
while I stagnate
on the other side
with the apathy blues
on any plausible
thing to do
motorcycles & panhandlers
& solitary loneliness
on 8th Avenue
alone again
in Penn Station
just waiting for a train