you see how famished new yorkers

are for communication now.

virtuosic conversationalists extra,

extra-ing it up--soothsaying the disaster

of a hot minute.

beat by the path, and genuine as ****...

tidings through folding streets.

held still for what's administered.

rats brazenly showing their faces, as in and

out of step as the rest of us.

the mad dash of a coast that's clear.

with diametrical opposition.