All those days in New York

All those days in New York

new york was lying in bed

listening to homesickness pt. 2

by emahoy tsegué-maryam guèbrou

new york was getting off a long day at work

and there were no seats on the train, but

you seemed so happy when I saw you,

and I’m glad New York was

an inspiration for you.

Somehow, I think it’s better this way

Sun going down a cul-de-sac

Started dry-weeping in my damn dreams today

That one day, I won’t be on the fire escape with Tejas

Won’t wake up next to Nise

Won’t even be Me

So I ask, why worry?

Because nothing is permanent?

And you don’t know what to do,

where to go, or how to get there if

you did. but

As far as I can remember,

I just wanted to begin

Waking Sadly from a Dream

Pockets of compassion

and metaphors you

wouldn’t understand

Berlin at dusk

looking for a restaurant

with my old man

You’ve been in my

dreams, dad.

Stepping out for a coffee

we notice the leak in

my ceiling, the water

above my front door

Waking, I remember

you don’t live

in New York

feb 22 [entrance]

when i say

a month ago

feels like an entire year

the hail collects on my towels

the beauty of it ending

in imperfection

and better writers’ words

when anything you could say

would be in the way

of a flaw

when someone looks

at me and I smile

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