Midnight Winds

Back on Barclay Street in Tribeca,
feeling the midnight winds strongly 
in my post-Mumford-and-Sons world.

Gusts as loud as a locomotive under an island
so I shout out words that bear simultaneous feelings
of escapism and homebound comfort.

Back on my bullshit 
of trying to be the bigger bastard
but who the hell do I think I am?

Writing spite at dive bars,
clutching club soda because I don't drink anymore,
but I still like this world better.

I can't live in the gutters any longer
but I like to visit the mire
on lonely windy midnights.