Why go to NY
at the end of your life?
You should go first when you
are young, when steel and stone
are a match for your muscles.
Why go at the end of your life? When
what you need is not
endless subway steps and
steel and stone to freeze your bones –
but when soft ripe flesh wants
autumn trees and berries underfoot.
See grand central and
chrysler and empire and
state how
they stand, still strong
among the glass forests and lakes of islands long.