David McLansky Poems

(22) Second Date


She nicknamed me her "glum bank teller"
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(26) China Town

I took my love to China Town
On Pell and Mott we fooled around
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(27) The White Ship


The White Ship trails no wake
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(28) On Doyer Street


We sat within the window seat
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(29) The White Ship


The White Ship is a ghostly city
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From what Wizard's vial,
By what chemist's book,
Can Love be fed,
Can Love be cooked?
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The White Ship

(30) The White Ship
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I told Eve not to eat that pear.
She regarded me in silence with that stare
Jealous of my rule, my sovereign reign;
A creature who was foolish and quite vain;
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(31) At the Crossroads


When Cupid shots his love-tipped dart
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(32) The White Ship


The cold indifferent restless sea
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