Things to Do in New York (City)

for Peter Schjeldahl Wake up high up frame bent & turned on Moving slowly & by the numbers light cigarette Dress in basic black & reading a lovely old man’s book: BY THE WATERS OF MANHATTAN change flashback play cribbage on the Williamsburg Bridge watching the boats sail by the sun, like a monument, move slowly up the sky above the bloody rush: break yr legs & break yr heart kiss the girls & make them cry loving the gods & seeing them die celebrate your own & everyone else’s birth: Make friends forever & go away