The liberal swing vote on the Supreme Court is retiring
In an uber downtown at dusk
outside the window all these women
coming out of work still in high heels
I want to note that men wore them first in the 17th century
to show their high status
literally I want to start the story screaming
the year was 1673
out the window but that seems against the uber pool etiquette
and I would have lost them already
everything is dramatic when yelled
from a window there are two people
gliding along on bikes
at the same speed talking gesturing in synchronicity
perhaps anger or perhaps joy
there are babies being pushed in strollers
I know expensive when I see it
they have things like two coffee cup holders and an outlet to charge your phone there are dogs being pulled away from other dogs
people crossing the street against the light halal
being spilled on the sidewalk dogs peeing on tied up trash bags
women in heels descending
into the subway cnn notifications and questionable sewer steam
and long honks and dropped change
and this evening
functioning despite
it seems
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From Songbook for a Boy Inside. Used with permission of Belladonna Collective. Copyright © 2019 by Laura Buccieri.
