January 18th, 2012
Barome Iginla
imagine
a pathway from an asphalt lot
the asphalt rolls beyond
and on,
under bridge
past track and train
spreads,
asphalt is all
the crag canada shape
of the land
cold tongues of tar to the
brill bream ocean
it crusted black rubber wave cake
grimitar teeth atlantic
blacktop boiled pacific
asphalt hills
asphalt valleys
angle and turn
to the city
asphalt alleys
are vanilla
ice cream
walls
a figure in white showy macaroon cottons
hood and fleece red gloves
saxophone and stick
sister stride
skinny
lampwick pride
off she goes
on she went
on dunk, on goal, on crowd, on blacktop ice
medallion discipline
a chosen note
pressed for flat brass
squeezed to gold clef
buttered barometric baritones
an ocold New York Show
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November 21st, 2011
Reggie’s Team
New York vain,
too vain for this small-town
small aim
game,
the city is a thousand growls
a New York
minute;
man, men
quench clocks
on urban land
where Willis grinned
or near collapsed fields
where Y.A.
Joe Broadway
and Yankee muscle
bent under wind
whipped
Padres
Raiders
or Unitas' Colts
and fro lords in the stripe cathedral
where beer bocker denizens
moan
Spike
don't
where the other Reggie
should glow 31
The unvain
the iced first cult following
fourteen thousand growls
a Ranger second
these blueshirt neighbour mavens
grin and suffer
a New York Lady's third
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October 27th, 2010
Two Fore The Islanders
Legacy?
an Islander pendulum
a mooch medal
hanging heavy
a silver medal of wood
the island orange, a thick finger
a colosse unnoticed
the Bruins, Les Boys
steamed sparkle
the confetti
silenced the quiet riot
of Islander pride
Nobody Cares
of a Frenchman in New York
fifty goals
be it five hundred
nor the anglo
fee nom
a brash boy on that island
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July 4th, 2009
Yes, I Do Read The Paper, Too
george walks free (not the grill dude) robert arrives in New York smiling, shaking (the horror camp guy) the local scarves have the power the local hoods have the hang and in a small meaningless arena a phantom teardro
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