by Gregory Severance

waiting area railroad decided

   rip out the rug sundown breeze universality embroidery sportsmen
   in the anticipation of palm trees chrysanthemum


to take the next train

   lexicography ontology iconography a thousand suns fires children
   out of control ringside seats unrequited intoxication


can't contact anybody there

   keyholes soundless motorcycles pregnancy obtrudes look at that light
   over there we used to catch butterflies


to tell them of change of plan

   repetitious obscure portentous nonsensical inverted slogans of gumbo
   oleander corroborating seersucker landlords


the seven-eleven

   conscience-bound wirehum clandestine plenitude sometimes when people are eating
   it looks like they are talking to themselves


change at Jamaica

   sucking on a pretzel sediment in the pear juice plastic coffee container
   lid stained with coffee spiraling liquid


walk down Seventh Avenue from Times Square

   paper napkins vibrating on the table in the breeze of the overhead ceiling fan
   gratuity inferiority diminutive


sparklers bottle rockets

   window sitting on Prince Street sip diet cola bah bah bih
   bah beh buh bah beh beh bah buuuuuuuulllllbbbbuuulll


unvanquished

   botanical garden turtle soup ducks hopping on rocks sweating in pursuit of jumbo
   jet star eyes itch and droop pollen filled air

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