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Sketch of Manhattan Sunday 4-29-12

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Train

I stand among commuters, then enter
Fall asleep, awaken in tunnels of Penn.

I see the reams of pristine glass in
Liberty Tower... Freedom Tower.

It stands above what was years
Ago a void. That void spread.

It's a remarkable tower—people
Take photos observing it through

2-inch screens. I carry three
In my pocket, so who am I to

Judge? They're next to my car
Keys with a Fullmetal Alchemist

Keychain, because I am unique
And like both Anime and Poetry.

Trainride back, a man with a
Black mustache and green Nike

Shoes says hi to me, comments
On my My Chemical Romance

Gloves. He looks at me sardonically, skeptically,
Then, once a drummer, talks music with me.

Faith no More, The Clash. He tells me
Start a band—but tells me he's too old

To drum. He's shitfaced. I think of a silent
Drum set. I think What a hole the world would be

If we didn't have power chords. I doze,

Then wake up in front of a screen
With pictures of clean jet-fighters—

Implications of war. Implications
Not murder, implies the screen.

I think of an empty cupholder.
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