casemate poems (part two), 13

Joe Blades
From:   casemate poems. Waterloo: Widows & Orphans, 2004

casemate poems (part two), 13

lived in that city   intern at the new
museum of contemporary art   lived

in tribeca—the triangle below
canal street between broadway and

avenue of the americas—in nscad�s
walker street loft exterminator

chili on the corner   storefront
production of anton checkov�s the cherry

orchard a few doors down   twila tharp�s
current or former dance studio upstairs

on a table beside the gas heater
manual typewriter where rudy wurlitzer

wrote candy mountain film script i type
write poems with a view of walker street

and twin towers framed by buildings
across the street   four minutes walk

south   that�s how close   didn�t go
to the top went up empire state building

to meet waltraud wild from m�nchen and
her cousin from stuttgart inside its razor wire

Poem 1 | Poem 2 | Poem 3 | Poem 4 | Poem 5 | Poem 6 | Poem 7

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