Sunday, September 21, 2014

5931. THIS EAST VILLAGE

THIS EAST VILLAGE
(though 44th and vanderbilt)
The sang-froid of the cold-blooded : an old
cemetery behind gates. 'Preserved' Fish, of New
Bedford is here in the ground. Pronounced
Pre-SERVE-Ed. I like that name always.
The rest of the family  -  Hamilton Fish and
the rest, along with Stuyvesant, made the city 
around here. I walk their ghost. I live in their
present, which is my past. Heaven help the rest.
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My few friends left in the Angels still smother E3rd.
Their armaments and motorcycles gun the street  -  
known as well as the 'safest' street in the city. Try
that idea on for size. Death's head for lovers.
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Here are my hands  -  take them; wrap the rope around
me and hoist me up like Nathan Hale. Sept. 22, 1776.

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