Sunday, August 28, 2011

We Are Not So Tough


image borrowed from bing

we are not so tough


we are not so tough
after all, an entire
city lying in
wait, as the whisper of Irene
fills every bodega,
every alley, pulls
the brakes on the
last train as we scurry
home, armed
with shopping bags
of headlines and hearsay
.

Yi Ching Lin

Posted over on her site Y's Bits

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