the white-haired patriarch
beard and moustache
a bit colonial
benignly smiles
at the United Nations building
at Times Square
and at 8th Avenue
where hot-pantied women
in buzzing crowds
date strangers
to share their loneliness
humidity is high
on muggy summer afternoons
at the core
of the Big Apple
* * *
Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015 at 1:16 PM UTC
the white-haired patriarch
beard and moustache
a bit colonial
benignly smiles
at the United Nations building
at Times Square
and at 8th Avenue
where hot-pantied women
in buzzing crowds
date strangers
to share their loneliness
humidity is high
on muggy summer afternoons
at the core
of the Big Apple
* * *
Written on the occasion of my first visit to NYC in July 1977...
