Sing To Knees Now - For Nyro And Saint Elmo Nights Remembered In Later Manhattan Poem by Warren Falcon

for Majestic, his harlequin shoes, his suicidal crocuses

Now the tears in the gutter are floodin' the sea
...You're starvin' today But who cares anyway...
- Laura Nyro lyric from Poverty Train


backyard empty
clothesline silk slip,
one pin down,
dip shyly in brick shadow
pornographic breezes

I sing to my knees now.

when did I marry Lonely?
can't recall but fell kid-hard


beyond Manhattan Bridge
sudden heat lightening
a good night with cool rain

old vinyl Nyro

needle scratches

done with song


**Laura Nyro (October 18,1947 April 8,1997) was an American composer, lyricist, singer and pianist.
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