New Orleans

[columbus]

NEW ORLEANS


happy for a plate of beans
happy for the doughnut
at 5 a.m. and the chance
to sweat rice pudding
on Sunday.

happy for the coins
in a loose pocket
happy for cardboard shoes.

happy for the river
happy for the sun
happy for the trees

and the scratching out a hole
in the side of life
and the crawling in
and the waiting
and the breathing.

and walking the streets and
walking the streets and
walking the streets
and watching.

and pots to scrub
and restrooms to scrub
and houses to scrub
and gutters.

and the rooms and the rooms
and the rooms
with no clocks
no radios
no pictures only
mice and a typewriter in the
pawnshop and walking two miles
for general delivery.

and but for the occasional love
the bright drunk
the soft music
the foreign kiss
the fresh breast

and the rain and the moon and the air

I don't think I would have
made it.

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Reading/Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnoTelwXuww

[Doreen Peri]

Love this!

I especially love these lines:

and the rooms and the rooms
and the rooms
with no clocks
no radios
no pictures only
mice and a typewriter in the
pawnshop and walking two miles
for general delivery.

and but for the occasional love
the bright drunk
the soft music
the foreign kiss
the fresh breast

[saw]

it's good to acknowledge the good stuff we taste, among the bitter vetches....well done

[columbus]

Thanks, Mist Pen et Saw.