Girls Night Out

Walking to South Street from the 2/3 station,
we saw college couples and holding hands,
unnatural flowers, bathed in fluorescent lights,
felt the wind swinging out our skirts

Walking to the 2/3 station from South Street,
we saw dim light on cobblestone and dark corners,
broken loaves of bread, huddled in a doorway,
heard men above: “Hey ladies, how are you tonight?”


Written: circa Summer 2004
Image: I Kept Missing Your Train - Dan-ah Kim