Fire Escape Blues

<p>A dream of life and death in East Village &mdash;</p> <p>Narrow, sterile walls that I skim with hesitant fingertips as</p> <p>I throw open, wedge Shakespeare into the sill, and ease through window</p> <p>Curling, clutching knees into chest,</p> <p>naked toes gently balancing over the iron grates of the fire escape.</p> <p>Drunk voices floating upward through the warm August night,</p> <p>Darkness and twinkle lights separate my nest from the Turkish bathhouse across the courtyard rooftops.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@kelbarefoot/fire-escape-blues-2bec1d293563"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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