the cornice was replaced with a parapet
and fanciful Flemish Renaissance Revival stepped gable.
And terracotta tiles,
more in keeping with the Queen Anne trend of the generation,
decorated the upper portion of the facade,
dazzling me in time travel revelry.
Springtime comes to Murray Hill and I look up.
I sit in an office at 37 West 37th Street
and say to myself
Springtime comes to Murray Hill and I look up.
I sit in an office at 37 West 37th Street
and say to myself
why then do you fritter away your time on this doggerel?
Out of the fetid womb of Kendra Jean,
and into the satiric verse of Ogden Nash,I notice roofs more, and lattice work, because
I am trying to look up more these days.
Later, Bingo at the Bowery Poetry Club,
the drag queen Linda Simpson calls the numbers,
37 keeps coming up, but I am distracted by crown molding
and mute the recital before me.
Handle architects, the eastern edge of Hell's Kitchen,
and the songline of garish signs advertise a wholesale clothing store,
I continue looking up, because it is better than looking down.
I continue looking up, because it is better than looking down.