let's take the train

i need the fix again.

the walk,

the taste, the commotion

of the city.

i need the cold

wind down

my back,

the smell of the city.

the food,

the cars,

the buzz.

i need a hot pastrami

sandwich

from Katz's deli.

I need to go out onto

the Edge

and peer over

the Hudson, the buildings

below.

i need to speed down

Broadway

in a yellow cab,

i need a steak the size

of Idaho.

to walk up Madison Avenue,

down

to Soho, Noho,

to the village and battery

park.

i need chop suey

from Chinatown.

I need to kneel in St. Patrick's.

i need to confess.

i need to pray.

i need just three days

to get

it out of my system again.

let's take the train.