Jezabella Kipp-Messmer Poet Free verse

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

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Dr.Ram Mehta March 25, 2011 at 6:32 PM Nice expressions of thought on there is no heat, Jezabella

Michael J. Falotico March 25, 2011 at 9:06 AM A fellow New Yorker.... very nice to read your thoughts on this chilly spring day...Michael