Pieces of New York

St. John's Cathedral - Taeeun Yoo

There are pieces of New York that will stay with you:

The morning walk through the park again, and again,
where stoic statues of metal men greet tourists

The conversation by the crooked tree,
among white-bloomed trees and pink magnolias

The flowers wrapped in brown paper cones,
down a street of pale peonies and gold-centered sunflowers

The cold breeze across the downtown skyline,
when the evening sky runs blue and blue and gray

The memory of a black umbrella with pink polka dots,
waiting for rain to intermix with petals and rust


Written: 8/24/10