hungover Manhattan easter morning,
survivors of a two-day blizzard
with nobody outside calling
worrying about body heat,
everyone here's the mindset of everyone else
and seated below the only window left to shout out to this world from
in Montana a farmer schools his sons
on using chicken wire and pitchforks
for self defense,
some call this resurrection
others, survivalism by any means necessary
hey, anybody can steal a wooden cross
anytime they’re a mind to,
but when priests are guilty of fornicating with plastic dolls,
how can a good woman expect her man
to be an honest stand up lover?
meanwhile minutes away at the Garden,
players will begin their basketball 4 out of 7 lives-
this should be reflective,
foul shots and time outs
the whole thing,
and every time Clyde steals another dribble,
New York City can breathe deeply again,
as the 72st Boat Basin preachers set sail for the “holy land”,
prepared for their next “steal”
aboard this sloop
there are 9 unbroken dry wine bottles and one chipped one standing on a window ledge.
3 girls are in the next berth sharing their long hair and other desires.
and all at once hippy Ben wants to jam
me, I 'd be more inclined
if there was some clean water to drink
instead of these overrated
never ending booze showers
to drown out
yesterday's whiteout
4/4/71
72st Boat Basin
NYC