Two Suitcases and a Map
— Diana Keren Lee
how many degrees
to the center of everything
said someone famous
a rat claws its way
out of the heap
now there’s a 7-Eleven
on Eleventh and Seventh
and farther east
a man with bagpipes
picking up static
the last of yesterday’s news
on the ground
jazz runs through the trees
smashed in the street
chords of stoplights
ringing in the leaves
green, gold, red again and again
subway’s violin
on your way to a table for one
(table for three
the couple arguing)
through the park
everyone and their solo
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