[in memory of cary gevanter, an amazingly gifted cartoonist
whose ghost still haunts st. john's street].

gazing cross-eyed into mirror,
     pancho villa swears.
miffed that he's without a scissor
     to remove unwanted hairs.

between bums, conniption
     fits galore below the stairs.
a business sissy tends to business
     toddles by & doesn't care.

dumped into a world of trouble
     in the pit of van brunt station,
persons trapped inside of bubbles
     mixed up in their underwear,

endless comebacks whirling 'round
     a whirling dervish street.
flinty & quixotic billboards
      from a culvert dangle

where fat back room bosses tangle,
     labors tend to fatten up
the pocket books of money men …

"hello and welcome to brooklyn."

found beside these hurly burly
     subway rats, some weird descendants
of the katzenjammer
     kids wit crazy sneers.

klunky train sounds horrible,
     ripping eardrums out.
ancient brakes go "SQUEEEEEEEEAK!"
     hard-boileds filter out,

inside hopeless millions
     mental cauldrons full of fear …

sensing threats to life and limb
     the naked truth is here,
a world of pimps & heart disorders
     up above billboards glinting,

"hello and welcome to brooklyn."

bloods wit no attention span
     cavalier, on duh ropes.
the gallivanting comatose.
     done wit messing, coalescing

fleetfoot bimbos,
     waves and waves,
trudging up from bleak train tunnels
     in a toothless
mindless haze,

"hello and welcome to brooklyn."


© 2006 - 2010 by KC wilder

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Interesting but I'd like to see more comments.
-Megan Pardee, 2007-02-23 18:48:44

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