4/23/2016
"Speaking of batteries,
what's the positive in this? Negative?"
she threw out there, lithe little
extensions of her hand palely wrapped about a martini glass stem. It held seltzer and ginger.
Long Island City, Queens
twinkled cobaltly, covertly, in the
harbour
incognito, morphing into the sky
in the gloaming.
"All those people," I said, ignoring
the question. I always ignore the question. "So many. But this city
so cruel and brutalist and impersonal."
She shook her head,
stirred her cocktail stirrer
the mint sprig moved to the bottom
of the glass.
"As opposed
to what?"
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 8:32 PM UTC
4/23/2016
"Speaking of batteries,
what's the positive in this? Negative?"
she threw out there, lithe little
extensions of her hand palely wrapped about a martini glass stem. It held seltzer and ginger.
Long Island City, Queens
twinkled cobaltly, covertly, in the
harbour
incognito, morphing into the sky
in the gloaming.
"All those people," I said, ignoring
the question. I always ignore the question. "So many. But this city
so cruel and brutalist and impersonal."
She shook her head,
stirred her cocktail stirrer
the mint sprig moved to the bottom
of the glass.
"As opposed
to what?"