Final Act As Told
Ascending the third flight of stairs
I looked down to see a single glove lost
near a single sealed Lifesaver
which a man on the escalator stepped across
Saying “. . . left him at the Dunkin’ Donuts
and he came back to the office
and he sat down with his donut
or whatever
and he was 57
and he died there at his desk
and he was 57”
I arrived at the top of the stairs
saddled with the narrative
& its unfair LIFO repeat
& slid onto cool soft Manhattan concrete
29 February 2012
LIFO = Last In First Out