A COLLECTION OF POEMS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY

Joe Aimonetti Joe Aimonetti

Brooklyn Bridge Millennials

The bridge connects us to

Everything, but wifi

Fails to bridge the gap

That matters, when we cross

Back and forth  —

Between tall buildings

And small people, helplessly

Searching for a signal  —

Fool’s gold is out of range.

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Joe Aimonetti Joe Aimonetti

Midtown Forecast In Fall

Suits now polka-dotted,

Unintentionally patterned

Despite best efforts to cover,

Fair weather predictions

Denied as skies stay gray

And droplets do their dropping

Letting those in windows

Watch as sidewalkers scurry,

Twisting to avoid subway grates

And each other--

Wondering why life remains dry.

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Joe Aimonetti Joe Aimonetti

Night Traffic On The Brooklyn Bridge

This system of mysterious,

Interconnected madness, 

As consciousness becomes optional--

Requisite with a temper,

Fighting unfathomable expectations

That fight to keep us in line,

Peaking over shoulders to get

A better view of the middle,

Where, in darkness,

Hands folded and head fallen,

Before a mindless slumber takes hold,

Before our memories fade,

If they were ever even really made,

The course corrects;

The system breaks;

And we find our way home

To the only thing that matters. 

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Joe Aimonetti Joe Aimonetti

Morning Deliveries In Chelsea

The parcels arrive

In part for our needs, and

What we need in separate parts —

Waste an expected outcome,

Yet out come the parcels,

Stacked and stacked

And carted down the block ,

Through pedestrians heading

To work to earn enough

So they can save and buy

Part of the next shipment of parcels —

New Delivery City.

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