A Stroll at Dusk

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The other side of the East River

I hear the tides of the Sound


Leaves whistling, flowers trembling

and brown stones shimmering at twilight


Everything is quivering,

like struck by a Cupid’s arrow

mellowing out in sweet sorrow



Lights off

and on

Lady Columbia puts on her night gown

in a gossamer of Cabernet Sauvigon


A nightingale sings

through the darkness of the Ravine

intoxicating Broken Land

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