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