I sit aside the city on Mies's
Marble green bench,
Only to sit.
I fall into his singular space.
The traffic up Park Ave's
Absorbed by the fountains.
The sound of water:
Quenching, cleansing, free-flowing
Remoteness.
I'm thirst-less, purging, ripples of focus.
On Mies's marble green bench.
53rd street slopes below me,
Like the nadir of Manhattan.
It all disappears.
All things fall into the
calm of the square.
I sit aside the city on Mies's
Marble green bench,
Only to sit.
I fall into his singular space.
Before I sat down,
I was steaming.
I went northbound from downtown.
The ground moved beneath me.
I was speeding...
The city's a theme park,
A Dreamland,
A thrill that carries a nightmare.
It's wonderfully exhausting.
You play parts 'til you're
Jaded, destroyed, recreated.
Creative destruction.
Amazing! Each impending disaster
Is pure exhilaration.
I was clustered and anxious
In congested constructions
Of Midtown.
The towers are restless,
It seems like they are speeding.
From a vertical stare,
I swear that they are leaning.
Impending disaster,
It's Capital's law.
At speed in a feeling
I, strangely, seldom desire a pause...
I sit aside the city on Mies's
Marble green bench,
Only to sit.
I fall into his singular space.
I watch Seagram's
Beautifully calm honey-bronze skin.
It's a serene curtain wall.
It hides from the skyline,
You hardly see it at all.
So far away,
Yet nowhere but here.
Manhattan becomes a whisper,
A slow golden glow.
It's of no consequence,
On Mies's marble green bench.
I stare at the glass,
Am I looking inside
Or back at myself?
I feel the weight of the world,
Or is it the weight of myself?
53rd street slopes below me,
Like the nadir of Manhattan.
It all disappears.
All things fall into the
calm of the square.
I sit aside the city on Mies's
Marble green bench,
Only to sit.
I fall into his singular space.
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