Another Day Here On the Lower East Side
After listening to a Pharaoh Sanders recording
I pick up my pen to write an ode
I am a published poet
as are all of us here on the "soup"
The Lower East Side is
home to Spanish, Jewish, Chinese with some African Americans thrown in
I see people playing dominoes
I see children playing in the schoolyard
The rain has stopped and I must decide
whether to head to the Y for a swim
or just do some yoga in my space
Writing poetry is not a bad way to pass the time - do you agree friend?
No money in it
Unless you are lucky enough to win a contest
Or are a featured reader at some e reading
Last Saturday afternoon
I attended the "Nomad's Choir" reading
Got up in front of a crowd
Read the my verse
Today I am relaxing on the fabled LES
Just ended a romantic
relationship a few days ago
There are plenty of "Fish in the Ocean"
Not a few of whom live nearby on the
LOWER EAST SIDE
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