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MTA/NYC~ By Patricia Leonard

5/25/2017

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Remnant of a rainbow 
grown man yelling 
picking a fight 
Young girl jerking off
an even younger looking boy 
This is what entails my MTA ride home today 
while I place my head on my backpack like a sad lost puppy 
waiting for someone to guide me home 

I was the torrential downpour 
tornado warning flashing on my phone.

And suddenly I am alone
pulling in slowly to the next and last stop on the four line 
patiently awaiting for my three day weekend 
Oh the celebration of a free country 
where we can scream at grown folk and get nasty in public 
where we can smoke a joint or silently await our fate 

Thrown into the wildernesses like a new born baby out its mothers womb
close my eyes for a few seconds and the busy New York life has me surrounded 
where we run to stand in line 
to be first to be packed in like sardines 
The world doesn't skip a beat and yet everyone's still rushing 
here I am in the moment world at a glance 
still shot frame by frame 
I imagine the world 
where people aren't touching me or staring me down like I owe them gambling dues 
The man sitting in a corner with a cane stroking his beard
as the fluffy girl bounces off of me
and we're all screaming fuck you 
But I'm from New York 
& I wouldn't have it any other way 


Author Bio:
Patricia Leonard is a 28-year-old writer from New York. She has recently been published in Three Rooms Press' anthology Maintenant 10. She writes poetry and creative non-fiction. Writing all her life, her words have transformed how she sees the world. Now finally sharing her work with the world, she is well received as a talented writer with a way with words. A natural star, she thrives before you. 
1 Comment
Melissa
5/25/2017 11:51:39 am

I like it because It's her view of our daily new York life

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