Old Time News

Street views

Of old time news

What comes in the wind

In the morning or at night

Old time news

Learning from the past

Our own goal

Window pane strolls

On Sunday afternoons

Empire Time

Empire time

From the streets of Brooklyn

From dynasty of old

Yesteryears

Untold stories

Empire time is coming

For us all

Enticed by what the future holds

Make nice

With Empire Time

These Days of Wonder

Somehow the future

So quickly slips to the past

Unnoticed

Yet as smooth as a escalator

Carrying forth with no

Indifference

The days of wonder go by

From a cafe in Williamsburg Brooklyn

I will remember these days soon

As they pass from current to

Past

These moments go quickly

And pass

 

Air to Breathe

Air to breathe

Needed on some days

When overwhelming thoughts

Occur

And reoccur

Just a bit of wind

In the lungs

Can be the song needed

To be sung

Ode to Control

Letting go

In a time like this

Wood burning mess

When the times are hard

An ode to control

Is called

Norms of ideals

Exist no longer

When the ice melts

And turns into water

From my tiny apartment in NYC

Packing up my life

City to city

A republic in confusing times

And settings

Ode to control

If I were a risky man

I would be betting

Stages

Some days

The hardest part

Is just showing up

Rolling out of bed

And starting

Forging ahead

When the eyes want to fall back

To sleep

The body asks for rests

Preparations must be made

Instead

Of laying

In bed

 

Tired and No Eraser

No eraser needed

No backspace allowed

Forward progression

Is all that will be permitted

No accident acquited

While in the chair I sit

Working words into phrases

Of decent proposal

Halfway hope

Left over

 

Back and Forth

Leaving the city

Back and forth

Working for our dream

Letting go of what is in between

The city grew us up

In much-needed ways

Now we feel that

We must get away

Steep rent and subtle

Increase in food

All that is need for it

To come undone

What if we held on

But held back

From our dreams

Giving up for the city things

The One Spot

The one spot

A table in reservation

Not one close to the door

Where the wind blows

One on the other side

Where it’s warm all day

That’s the spot coveted

In New York City

Away from the door

On a cold winters day

Walk into the cafe

And hope

For a nice spot