screwmug

reflex effect
brows clenched with 30 years of wrinkle i'm
angry or focused
possessed by insecurity or too
secure
defensive against the world
innocuously fucking with the populace in

quick
steps i

gather momentum against
the rush of walksign careful half-steppers draggin
kids macy's bags and man-purses against newyorker
nonstop get-there disease

manhattanhenge on my back grab
a free strawberry smoothie sample on
5th ave glidin in one
smooth motion carryin
comicbooks and flashed memories of too-cool asian sunglassed
skirtlegs outside
the k-town radisson sippin on a bubbletea
thoughtfully
drumbeat b-bap emerald veggie dumplings at
Mandoo round the church on
29th by the masterful dude tooling xboxes by the
halal joint where 1pm finds a crowd of 200 tourguides prone to Allah
soft-shoeing round transvestite towncrier flyerers pacing


er ummm i'm

dumbfounded but keepin brows clenched
like fists disjointed round stalled cabs vomiting
no-schedule professionals against gumtacked sidewalks round
scaffolding and badluck ladders i'm a cup of coffee round
the ace hotel under sunshower and british accents i
vent hostility
in: shitty workweek
out: lovin the wander and
just
chill

can't quit the cigs i need
smokebreaks to think
illnesses harmless
leak
out of fingers like filtering the beautiful
linger-philosophy when a million motherfuckers
stress about apostrophes & ownership i'm a distant character and
these moments are
theosophy