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ascension

February 18, 2022December 23, 2025 Jim KempsterLeave a comment

Ascending from
my day’s last platform
into Port Authority,
I was drawn up into
the precision voices
of a children’s choir
high on the upper loft.

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Posted in poetryTagged city living, Hell’s Kitchen, homeless, music, New York, NYC, pigeons, poetry, subway

the head on my ankle

May 24, 2020December 23, 2025 Jim KempsterLeave a comment

You rest your snout upon the crook of my ankle
and stare ahead across the room
as I do,
gazing thoughtless as the day before.

But what to contemplate?
Your chew toy
or cushion
where the bones are buried?
Or pigeon on the ledge?

Or

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Posted in pandemic, poetryTagged city living, COVID-19, dog, lockdown, Marcello, New York, NYC, pigeons, poetry

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