Welcome To Jersey City

I believed I saw you 
at the top 
of Carteret Street 
Beloved*
But it wasn't you 
Just the inspiration of you 

I thought I saw you 
at the end 
of Ocean Avenue 
Chinaski*
But it wasn't you 
Just a whiff of you 

I walked to Liberty Park 
And I saw you 
In a ray of sunlight 
Bandini*
But it wasn't you 
Just a shadow of you 

I thought I saw you 
On the boat 
With your laughing eyes 
Manolin*
But it wasn't you 
Just the sea 
that remembered you 

And there at last 
I saw you 
My Little Prince*
on your cloud-tree 
This time it's safe 
I see you

Aby M.


P.S.*** :
Beloved is Toni Morrison's character in Beloved
Chinaski is  Charles Bukowski's Character
Bandini is Arturo Bandini's character
Manolin is Ernest Hemingway's character in The old man and the sea
The Little Prince is Antoine de Saint Exupéry's character in The Little Prince
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August 23, 2023 at 8:50 AM
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