MANHATTAN AFTERNOON
a homeless man
plowing through the crowd
his life in a cart
six dogs on a walk
a triple round of barking
at a single leaf
fashionistas
on Fifth Avenue
the skinny is tweed
upper East side
a doorman and pigeons
come with the rent
ticket machine
choking on coins
spits nothing back
Edna, November 2011
photo: Joseph F. Shaw
