Reflections on Boston
If I stood, toes pointed forward, at the walls of ebony stone
and watch the endless gallons dive, deep pits of New York;
imagine the steel crashing thunder, smoking tower higher,
bodies diving deeper, deep pits of New York,
but if I stood, toes pointed forward, at the walls of ebony stone,
rose up to the endless sky, soaring to the North, to the East,
landing on a runner's boulevard, breaking the tape.
Imagine flashing vortex wrenching forward,
the pulling us back, black holes, dark doorways
transporting us deeper into the deep pits of New York.
If I stood, hands raised upward, on my miniature desk
screamed for my lovers and my mothers,
barrels staring lidless, soulless, a machine's heart
but if I stood, hands raised upward, on my miniature desk,
my rib cage will collapse on itself, draining all that I am
into my chest, I would come out the other side,
with my toes pointed forward, at the walls of ebony stone,
watching the endless gallons dive, deep pits of New York.
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