There Is No Heat

THERE IS NO HEAT THERE IS NO HEAT AND SNOW IS EVERYWHERE I LOOK AT NYC COVERED WITH WHITE SPREADING WINTER FROM LAND TO SHORE WELCOME TO THE YEAR 2000 AN UNKNOWN HOMELESS-ONE SHOUTS AMONGST THE CROWD HIS MATTRESS STUCK UNDER THE BRIDGE WITH SKYSCRAPERS AS WALLS FOR PROTECTION AND YELLOW CABS AS FURNITURE IN AND OUT MOVING LIVING-ROOM FLASHING LIGHTS THERE IS NO HEAT BUT BODY HEAT IN THE STREETS OT THE YEAR 2000 NEW YORK IS NO DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE IT'S WINTER-TIME AND TIME-SQUARE FREEZES AGAIN RAGING ITS RIGHTS OF HUMAN LIVES FORGOTTEN STORIES THAT WILL DIE FROM ABANDONED SPIRITS LOST IN A MILLION IGNORED WHEN THERE IS NO HEAT IN THE CITY Jezabella Kipp