Brian J Potter

NYTs

It’s just paper,

it’s yesterday’s New York Times news.

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I started as a thread,

but I felt underfed

-so I ate everything

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When I arrived, I brought with me

an orange in my pocket,

it warmed me nearly, as my girl,

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The fluid pen type of ink.

The ink held within the confines of a pen,

held in your hand.

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It’s Sunday morning

in the corner diner,

we finally got ourselves up.

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Life is quite good

-indoors in Inwood.

It’s uptown Manhattan

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It takes a sensitive person to appreciate the subtle things

like a crack in a wall

It takes a dull witted person to stare at it all day

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Monday I'm a riverbed

Tuesday I'm a stream

Wednesday I'm a salmon

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in the clammy deep

to the left of the curious rock lobster

on the bank steep

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easy, relaxed

camouflaged by the steam

from my black tea

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