Sitting In My Place On the Lower East Side

TV on - outside cars rushing by quckly on the FDR drive Another evening on the Lower East Side The place radiates nostalgia My grandparents now in eternity came here for a better life I see the murals, the House of Sages the Foward building I read the Hebrew letters which say House of Study Kids playing in schoolyards Hasidim with furry hats People walking dogs Spanish people playing dominoes The mailman comes by hopefully bringing more published poetry Day morphs into night Switch on T.V., meditation CD A heavy sense of peace descends on me here in thsi most urban of neighborhoods Fabled LES