Summer
gone . . .
i turn
and
walk slow .
°
ships
tagged .
°
top
of the Brooklyn
B ridge -
r ain -
f all ,
slanted.
°
a wind
clear -
off Manhattan.
°
at the 300 _ FOOT
under - sea -
lev el ,
we're
South of the North
Fork ,
L.I.
°
elevated
rail.
from it
you
see,
the YWT: yehova witness
tower.
°
earl
grey ,
t ea in pot _
hot.
steam.
Home !
°
Brook-
klyn Dodgers,
(1890- 1957) _
way back .
°
when : Writing is exciting
and baseball is like writing.
You can never tell with either
how it will go
or what you will do . . . *
°
* marianne
moore,
you
said /
" she is
an island ! "
°
she replied:
"luck ,
has
nothing
to do
with it
at _all."
°
-- 1999 . Manaële Abrial
"off the BB bridge..."
photo: Elizabeth Bishop's
letter to Marianne Moore.
quote: Marianne Moore,
"baseball & writing"
"Assign Yogi Berra to Cape Canaveral; he could handle any missile." --Marianne Moore |
