Monthly Archives: June 2011

Stuyvesant Park

Pigeon by Bill Kushner

A man flies freaked-out down the street & past me, he spits out something but I jump A PR kid laughs “Faggot!” from doorway of welfare hotel This is New York hang tough far too many pigeons Over 1 piece of bread, a cornfed cute … Read More

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DAILY NEWS by Bill Kushner

A lady’s thrown over the subway, that dark kid In the window, he just stands there, stares I just wear my shirt altho this October morning’s cold 3 guys doing things with bricks, why it’s Joe & Son, Contractors: way up there’s Joe & God … Read More

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Archive Three: Little Caesar

I’ve been going through cardboard boxes at my father’s house and have found a lot of old magazines and letters from friends I forgot that I had. Some have not survived the mice. Fresh Paint’s been nibbled on but has lived to tell the tale … Read More

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Yangtze Sonnet: The rainbow’s disappearing above the

The rainbow’s disappearing above the Mountaintop. In the spreading darkened clouds The sun shines down on the new buildings the Powerful government has built to house Those whom the rising Yangtze will cover If they don’t move higher. What we now see Will soon be … Read More