—LIVING IN THE PAST DOESN’T CHANGE A THING

 

 

Alone

   at 

The Soho 

  Grand

 

 

I took the 

rain taxi 

that day 

floated over 

flooded streets 

and gutters

made it

on time 

with one 

shake to spare

while the 

wind cuffed 

you to a curb 

before throwing

you onto the 

Lower East Side 

near the Bowery 

and Canal

why that truck 

was there 

when it was 

is something 

I think about

every solitary day 

but that night

at The Soho 

Grand all 

I did was

curse you 

for being late 

then for 

not calling 

then for 

not showing 

then finally 

for never again

being able

to say 

Hi Handsome

what took you

so long?