The Streets Count
Down on Second Avenue
How distasteful these things
Would be out of context –
New York City stenches:
Subway heat and Subway sandwiches
The unwanted taxicab radio:
A series of “Doo-doo-doos”
Play tinny and weak, the refrain
Of “Semi-Charmed
Life”
But with my head out the window
This rare resonant day I feel
Fifteen again – it’s April 1999
And my electric mouth is full
Of discontinued tastes, faint
Remembrances of inconsequential things
Nearly forgotten bodega treats:
Strange Japanese Chewing Gum, Clam Jerky
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