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Pif Magazine
ISSN: 1094-2726
Published by:
Pif, LLC
PMB 248
4820 Yelm Hwy SE
Suite B
Lacey, WA 98503-4903
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Moon hiding the Watchtower Clock,
bridgelights swing in the breeze, window-
lights blink their morse-code, shrill
blue sirenlights counterpoint
the sway of stylish women
their neon hips matching the lime ice
I used to lick from fluted cups.
If I squint hard enough
I can make out the Brighton Line
its lights emerging from the tunnel of years
through which I've passed. I pretend
to see my young self on that train,
startled by the sudden loom of towers
like those who crossed deserts must have felt
upon first sight of the Rockies, the Judean Hills
But Iım sipping lime daiquiris
at a South Seaport cafe, aware
that the towers are just steel and glass
monuments to cash and how foolish
the wish to be 10 again
Still
may some other young girl
be staring in wonder
at her first sight of their spires
while whatever they've renamed
that old Brighton Line
makes its ascension from Brooklyn.
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talkback@pifmagazine.com
Barbara F. Lefcowitz has published six books of poetry
as well as individual poems, stories, and essays in over 350 journals.
She has won writing fellowships and prizes from the National Endowment
for the Arts and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others.
Currently, she lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
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