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POEM: tonight I miss New York

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tonight I miss New York

tonight I miss New York
so bad it makes my stomach hurt

I long for it like the tan stuffed dog
I had when I was a little boy

I want to take New York into my arms
pull it tight to my chest
feel the warmth against my skin

tonight I need its hard streets
under these Chinatown boots

the sound of the subway coming up
through the grate in the sidewalk
where the snow doesn’t stick

tonight all I want is to go back there
to remember how the parts of me that stick out
and the parts of me that curve in
fit perfectly into its wild beautiful jigsaw

tonight I want to flee these fucking fields
run from these goddamn hills
back where the trees were planted
where they didn’t just happen
where somebody intended the green

tonight I miss New York
ten years is a very long time

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Jason Crane
15 February 2015
Oak Street

Image source: Obvious Child

Published in My poems New York City Pennsylvania Poetry State College

2 Comments

  1. Jenn W-B Jenn W-B

    I understand. If you ever need to talk, let me know. Hugs.

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